The Alibaba Group appointed Andrew Tsuei as a non-executive director to the boards of Alibaba.com, the group's B2B division, and Taobao.com, the group's C2C division. Mr. Tsuei was formerly Senior Vice President of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and Managing Director of Wal-Mart Global Procurement.
Tsuei has 20 years of management experience in the retail industry. He joined Wal-Mart in 2001, where he helped build the Global Procurement division from the ground up and brought Wal-Mart's global sourcing function in-house. Under his leadership, Wal-Mart's Global Procurement division grew to operate 27 sourcing offices around the world and engaged in sourcing activities in more than 70 countries.