Karan Bhatia

Google has hired Karan Bhatia as its new Global Head of Policy to lead the company's policy discussions around major topics such as AI, job creation and infrastructure. Bhatia comes from GE, where he is President of GE's Government Affairs and Policy function. Susan Molinari, a former member of Congress and Google's vice president for public policy, will continue to lead the company's Washington-based team. As a Deputy U.S. Trade Representative under the Bush Administration, Bhatia oversaw U.S. international trade policy with respect to Asia and Africa.Bhatia has a bachelor’s degree from Princeton, a master’s from the London School of Economics and a law degree from Columbia. Bhatia will spend his first few months with the company at Google's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters and will then be based in Washington.