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The Guangzhou Overwatch League expansion franchise has named Sonny Xiao as CEO and Eddy Meng as COO.

Xiao is currently the president of basketball operations for the Guangzhou Long Lions.

Meng has worked for Overwatch developer Activision Blizzard for more than a decade.

The Nenking Group, owner of the Overwatch League’s Guangzhou expansion franchise, has announced the new team’s executive leadership group. The group consists of Sonny Xiao as CEO and Eddy Meng in the COO role.

Xiao currently serves as president of basketball operations for the Guangzhou Long Lions, which is also owned by the Nenking Group. He is also a vice president of the Nenking Group, overseeing strategic investments. Xiao has extensive experience in basketball operations, working with NBA franchise the Dallas Mavericks, and becoming a minority owner in the Mavericks’ G-League affiliate, the Texas Legends, in 2010.

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Meng has worked for Activision Blizzard , developer of Overwatch , since 2006, most recently as managing director of the Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia region. “I’ve had a first-hand view of the evolution of the games and esports landscape over the last decade,” Meng said, “including an insider’s perspective on the huge potential of Overwatch as a game and as an esport.”

The team will also bring on Ethan Liu as its general manager. Liu is an Overwatch management veteran having worked this season in the Contenders Pacific, Blizzard’s regional semi-pro league, with Machi Esports.

The Nenking Group is one of eight new ownership groups joining the Overwatch League for the 2019 season, and one of three new franchises representing cities in China. The Esports Observer has compiled a breakdown of the ownership of each new team.