Carson Wen

{{short description|Hong Kong lawyer, businessman, and politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Carson Wen

| native_name = {{nobold|溫嘉旋}}

| native_name_lang = zh-hk

| honorific-suffix = BBS, JP

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| office = Vice-Chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong

| term_start = 15 April 2009

| term_end = 19 April 2011

| predecessor = Ip Kwok-him

| successor = Starry Lee
Horace Cheung

| 1blankname= Chairman

| 1namedata=Tam Yiu-chung

| office1=Hong Kong Deputy to the National People's Congress

| constituency1 =

| term_start1 = 8 December 1997

| term_end1 = 19 December 2012

| 1blankname10= Chairman

| 1namedata10= Qiao Shi
Li Peng
Wu Bangguo

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| nationality =

| party = Hong Kong Progressive Alliance {{small|(1994–2005)}}
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong {{small|(2005–present)}}

| residence =

| spouse = Fung Yuet-shan

| alma_mater = Columbia University
Balliol College, Oxford

| occupation = Solicitor
businessman
Politician}}

{{Chinese

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|t=溫嘉旋

|s=温嘉旋

|j=wan1 gaa1 syun4

|p=Wēn Jiāxuán

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Carson Wen Ka-shuen, BBS, JP ({{zh-t|溫嘉旋}}) is a Hong Kong businessman, lawyer and politician.

Education

Wen received his B.A. from Columbia College, Columbia University in 1975,{{Cite web|date=September 2003|title=Alumni sons and daughters|url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/sep03/profiles3.html|url-status=live|access-date=August 19, 2021|website=Columbia College Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813022506/https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/sep03/profiles3.html |archive-date=13 August 2019 }} and received his B.A. and M.A. from Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied law and was Younger Prizeman in Law for 1976.{{Cite web|title=Carson Wen {{!}} Bank of Asia|url=https://www.bankasia.com/en/profile-carson-wen.htm|access-date=2021-08-19|website=www.bankasia.com}}

Career

He was a three-term deputy to the National People's Congress elected in 1997.{{Cite web|date=December 29, 1997|title=Lawyer to strive for better legal structure|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/224667/lawyer-strive-better-legal-structure|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-19|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819172639/https://www.scmp.com/article/224667/lawyer-strive-better-legal-structure |archive-date=19 August 2021 }}{{Cite book|last1=Chan|first1=Ming K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e1fN0IvbBaIC&dq=Hong+Kong+Progressive+Alliance+carson+wen&pg=PA229|title=The A to Z of the Hong Kong SAR and the Macao SAR|last2=Lo|first2=Shiu Hing|date=2010|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8108-7633-0|language=en}} 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.{{Cite web|date=March 31, 2009|title=Political Animal|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/675253/political-animal|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-19|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819172638/https://www.scmp.com/article/675253/political-animal |archive-date=19 August 2021 }}{{Cite web|title=香港民建联选出新一届领导层谭耀宗连任主席-搜狐新闻|url=http://news.sohu.com/20090422/n263538885.shtml|access-date=2021-08-19|website=news.sohu.com}}{{Cite web|title=溫嘉旋寶刀未老力拼年輕黨員- 香港經濟日報 - 投資|url=https://invest.hket.com/article/987034/%E6%BA%AB%E5%98%89%E6%97%8B%E5%AF%B6%E5%88%80%E6%9C%AA%E8%80%81%20%E5%8A%9B%E6%8B%BC%E5%B9%B4%E8%BC%95%E9%BB%A8%E5%93%A1|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-19|website=invest.hket.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819174758/https://invest.hket.com/article/987034/%E6%BA%AB%E5%98%89%E6%97%8B%E5%AF%B6%E5%88%80%E6%9C%AA%E8%80%81%20%E5%8A%9B%E6%8B%BC%E5%B9%B4%E8%BC%95%E9%BB%A8%E5%93%A1 |archive-date=19 August 2021 }}{{Cite web|title=香港兩大親北京政黨民建聯和港進聯周三正式宣布合併|url=https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/hongkong_politician-20050216.html|access-date=2021-08-19|website=Radio Free Asia|language=en}} After he left in 2011, he remained an advisor to the party.{{Cite web|title=顧問 {{!}} Advisors|url=https://www.dab.org.hk/advisors|access-date=2021-08-19|website=DAB Official Site|language=zh}}

He is an independent director of Phoenix New Media Ltd.{{cite web|url=https://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officer-profile/FENG.N/1610732 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916215949/https://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officer-profile/FENG.N/1610732 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-09-16 |title=Officer Profile - Wen, Carson|website=in.reuters.com}} He was appointed as a Justice of the Peace (JP) by the Government of Hong Kong in 2002.{{Cite web|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/cml/eng/miscell/index3j.htm |title=Civil And Miscellaneous Lists : Justices of the Peace (Persons appointed under Section 3(1)(b) of the Justices of the Peace Ordinance (Cap. 510))|website=www.info.gov.hk}} 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).{{cite web|url=https://esbn.unescap.org/executive-council|title=ESBN Executive Council|website=www.unescap.org}}

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.{{Cite web|last=Hastings|first=Kirsten|date=2018-07-19|title=Bank of Asia targets high net worths from the Caribbean|url=https://international-adviser.com/bank-of-asia-targets-high-net-worths-from-the-caribbean/|access-date=2021-08-19|website=International Adviser|language=en-GB}} In 2018, he launched Eurasia Continental Fintech in Astana International Financial Centre.{{Cite web|title=港資虛擬銀行進軍哈薩克 {{!}} HKTDC Belt and Road Portal|url=https://beltandroad.hktdc.com/tc/news/gangzixuniyinxingjinjunhasake|access-date=2021-08-19|website=beltandroad.hktdc.com}}

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.{{Cite web|title=二○○七年授勳名單|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200707/01/P200706300169.htm|access-date=2021-08-19|website=www.info.gov.hk}}