Carson Wen
Carson Wen Ka-shuen, BBS, JP (Chinese: 溫嘉旋) is a Hong Kong businessman, lawyer and politician.
Carson Wen | |
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溫嘉旋 | |
| Vice-Chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong | |
| In office 15 April 2009 – 19 April 2011 | |
| Chairman | Tam Yiu-chung |
| Preceded by | Ip Kwok-him |
| Succeeded by | Starry Lee Horace Cheung |
| Hong Kong Deputy to the National People's Congress | |
| In office 8 December 1997 – 19 December 2012 | |
| Chairman | Qiao Shi Li Peng Wu Bangguo |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Hong Kong Progressive Alliance (1994–2005) Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (2005–present) |
| Spouse | Fung Yuet-shan |
| Alma mater | Columbia University Balliol College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Solicitor businessman Politician |
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| Traditional Chinese | 溫嘉旋 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 温嘉旋 | ||||||||||
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Education edit
Wen received his B.A. from Columbia College, Columbia University in 1975,[1] and received his B.A. and M.A. from Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied law and was Younger Prizeman in Law for 1976.[2]
Career edit
He was a three-term deputy to the National People's Congress elected in 1997.[3][4] He was also a former chairman of the Hong Kong Progressive Alliance and vice chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, elected in 2009.[5][6][7][8] After he left in 2011, he remained an advisor to the party.[9]
He is an independent director of Phoenix New Media Ltd.[10] He was appointed as a Justice of the Peace (JP) by the Government of Hong Kong in 2002.[11] He is the Executive Council member of the Sustainable Business Network of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).[12]
In 2016, Wen retired from the law firm Jones Day. Wen is currently Chairman of Bank of Asia (BVI), a digital, cross-border bank based in the British Virgin Islands, and the first bank to be authorized in the BVI in two decades.[2][13] In 2018, he launched Eurasia Continental Fintech in Astana International Financial Centre.[14]
Awards edit
In 2007, he was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star by the Government of Hong Kong for his contribution to economic ties between Hong Kong, Mainland China and the rest of the world.[15]
References edit
- ^ "Alumni sons and daughters". Columbia College Today. September 2003. from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Carson Wen | Bank of Asia". www.bankasia.com. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Lawyer to strive for better legal structure". South China Morning Post. 29 December 1997. from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ Chan, Ming K.; Lo, Shiu Hing (2010). The A to Z of the Hong Kong SAR and the Macao SAR. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-7633-0.
- ^ "Political Animal". South China Morning Post. 31 March 2009. from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "香港民建联选出新一届领导层 谭耀宗连任主席-搜狐新闻". news.sohu.com. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "溫嘉旋寶刀未老力拼年輕黨員- 香港經濟日報 - 投資". invest.hket.com. from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "香港兩大親北京政黨民建聯和港進聯周三正式宣布合併". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "顧問 | Advisors". DAB Official Site (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ . in.reuters.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2020.
- ^ "Civil And Miscellaneous Lists : Justices of the Peace (Persons appointed under Section 3(1)(b) of the Justices of the Peace Ordinance (Cap. 510))". www.info.gov.hk.
- ^ "ESBN Executive Council". www.unescap.org.
- ^ Hastings, Kirsten (19 July 2018). "Bank of Asia targets high net worths from the Caribbean". International Adviser. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "港資虛擬銀行進軍哈薩克 | HKTDC Belt and Road Portal". beltandroad.hktdc.com. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "二○○七年授勳名單". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
External links edit
- "Carson Wen: Chopstick Culture & The Success Of East Asian Economies" on YouTube