Carson Wen

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Carson Wen
BBS, JP
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
ChairmanTam Yiu-chung
Preceded byIp Kwok-him
Succeeded byStarry Lee
Horace Cheung
Hong Kong Deputy to the National People's Congress
In office
8 December 1997 – 19 December 2012
ChairmanQiao Shi
Li Peng
Wu Bangguo
Personal details
Political partyHong Kong Progressive Alliance (1994–2005)
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (2005–present)
Spouse(s)Fung Yuet-shan
Alma materColumbia University
Balliol College, Oxford
OccupationSolicitor
businessman
Politician
Carson Wen
Traditional Chinese溫嘉旋
Simplified Chinese温嘉旋

Carson Wen Ka-shuen, BBS, JP (Chinese: 溫嘉旋) is a Hong Kong businessman, lawyer and politician.

Education[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

  1. ^ "Alumni sons and daughters". Columbia College Today. September 2003. Retrieved 19 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b "Carson Wen | Bank of Asia". www.bankasia.com. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Lawyer to strive for better legal structure". South China Morning Post. 29 December 1997. Retrieved 19 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Political Animal". South China Morning Post. 31 March 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "溫嘉旋寶刀未老力拼年輕黨員- 香港經濟日報 - 投資". invest.hket.com. Retrieved 19 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "顧問 | Advisors". DAB Official Site (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Officer Profile - Wen, Carson". in.reuters.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2020.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "ESBN Executive Council". www.unescap.org.
  13. ^ Hastings, Kirsten (19 July 2018). "Bank of Asia targets high net worths from the Caribbean". International Adviser. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  14. ^ "港資虛擬銀行進軍哈薩克 | HKTDC Belt and Road Portal". beltandroad.hktdc.com. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  15. ^ "二○○七年授勳名單". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
Party political offices
Preceded by Vice-Chairman of Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
2009–2011
Served alongside: Lau Kong-wah, Ann Chiang 		Succeeded by
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