According to CoinMeta, Ant Group issued an internal email on November 13th announcing that Chen Liang, the group's senior vice president, has chosen to step down from his positions as Chief Marketing Officer and President of Public and Customer Communications due to personal life planning reasons, and will instead take on the role of senior advisor. Chen Liang joined Ant Group's predecessor, Alipay, in March 2008 and has been responsible for the group's brand and public communications for many years, playing a key role in establishing Ant's brand and public relations system.