Xiaodong Guan is former Head of Cainiao Global, which is part of Cainiao Networks, the logistics arm of Alibaba, and former Senior Member of Alibaba Group Globalization Leadership Committee.

He oversaw the strategy and global network development of Cainiao and led the investment projects of Liege Airport E-Commerce Hub, Hong Kong Airport E-Commerce Gateway and more. In addition, he was also Member of Board of Directors at SingPost owned Quantium Solutions, Cainiao Malaysia, Cainiao Hong Kong, etc.

Prior to Alibaba and Cainiao, he worked at DHL's Supply Chain Division as Vice President of Transport and Retail.

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, also known as Alibaba Group and as Alibaba.com, is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet, and technology. Founded on 4 April 1999, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, the company provides consumer-to-consumer (C2C), business-to-consumer (B2C), and business-to-business (B2B) sales services via web portals, as well as electronic payment services, shopping search engines and cloud computing services. It owns and operates a diverse portfolio of companies around the world in numerous business sectors.

On 19 September 2014, Alibaba's initial public offering (IPO) raised US$25 billion, giving the company a market value of US$231 billion and, by far, then the largest IPO in world history.

Cainao Network is Alibaba's logistics data platform operator.