Frank Lavin is the CEO of Export Now, a U.S. firm that operates e-commerce stores in China for international brands. Export Now is the largest off-shore operator of China e-commerce stores, helping brands from around the world in strategy and operations. In Government, Lavin served as Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce. In that capacity, Lavin served as lead trade negotiator for both China and India and was the senior policy official in the Department responsible for commercial policy, export promotion, and trade negotiations. Lavin was U.S. Ambassador to the Singapore where he helped negotiate the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement. In the private sector, Lavin served in senior finance and management positions in Hong Kong and Singapore with Edelman, Bank of America, and Citibank. Previously, Lavin served in the George H.W. Bush and Reagan Administrations in the Department of Commerce, Department of State, National Security Council, and White House. Lavin served as Director of the White House Office of Political Affairs. Lavin has degrees from Georgetown, SAIS, and Wharton.