Executive
Michael van Driel is an ESL FACEIT Group esports executive whom Beijing Youth Daily identified as a vice president in its May 2026 IEM Beijing coverage.
Role
Vice President · reported May 2026
Beijing Youth Daily identified him as an EFG vice president when reporting on the IEM Beijing partnership.[1]
Affiliation
The cited reporting attributes his comments on Beijing’s selection and event preparation to EFG.
The available public record identifies van Driel through his role in EFG’s IEM Beijing planning. Beijing Youth Daily reported that he described Beijing as a focus city and cited the venue’s technical capacity and local coordination as factors in the event’s return.[1]
This establishes his participation in an event-planning discussion, not personal sponsorships, audience reach or commercial endorsement rights. The current duration of the reported EFG role has not been independently established.
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