Carson Wen
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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Carson Wen Ka-shuen, BBS, JP (Chinese: 溫嘉旋) is a Hong Kong businessman, lawyer and politician.
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. Archived 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. Archived 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. Archived 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. Archived 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.
- ^ "Officer Profile - Wen, Carson". 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.
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- 1953 births
- Living people
- Columbia College (New York) alumni
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Hong Kong solicitors
- 20th-century Chinese lawyers
- 21st-century Chinese lawyers
- Hong Kong businesspeople
- Hong Kong Progressive Alliance politicians
- Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong politicians
- Delegates to the 9th National People's Congress from Hong Kong
- Delegates to the 10th National People's Congress from Hong Kong
- Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress from Hong Kong
- Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong
- Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 1998–2000
- Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2000–2005
- Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2007–2012
- Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2012–2017
- Hong Kong Affairs Advisors
- Hong Kong Affairs Society politicians
- Recipients of the Bronze Bauhinia Star