Lin WAN currently serves as the director and the chief executive officer of Cainiao Smart Logistics Network Limited, a global smart logistics company and the logistics arm of Alibaba Group, overseeing the company's strategic planning and business operations. He is also a member of the Alibaba Partnership.

Since joining the company in 2014, he has spearheaded the creation of the industrial Internet structure for logistics, and Cainiao's core capability building through globalization, operation and digitalization. Under his leadership, Cainiao has advanced in global logistics, smart supply chain and express, community delivery, logistics parks and technologies, leading the digital transformation of the entire logistics industry through cooperation.

Prior to joining Cainiao, he was a senior executive at Amazon's global logistics division.

Lin holds a Ph.D. degree in operational research from The University of Texas in Austin.