New Government Relations & Public Policy head for eBay

Cathy Foster will join eBay as Vice President, Government Relations & Public Policy. She will lead the Global Government Relations function and also eBay’s legislative, policy, antitrust and government affairs work.

Foster will take up her new role in mid-June and will report to Marie Oh Huber, SVP Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary at eBay.

She joins eBay from Apple, where most recently she was the head of Corporate Government Affairs. In addition, she also previously served as an Associate Director of the Office of Political Affairs in the White House and worked on George H.W. Bush’s presidential campaign.