Carson Wen

Mr. Carson Wen, BBS, JP, is a practising solicitor and partner of Jones Day, a law firm in Hong Kong. He was qualified as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 1980 and has more than 30 years of experience in business, corporate and securities law. Mr. Wen was a three-term Deputy to the National People's Congress representing Hong Kong. He is also a Justice of the Peace of Hong Kong and holds various public service appointments in mainland China and Hong Kong. He was awarded a Bronze Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong SAR Government for his public contributions, in particular in the furthering of economic ties between Hong Kong, Mainland China and the rest of the world. He was a founding and executive committee member of the China Mergers and Acquisitions Association and sits on the board of numerous organisations, including the China Africa Business Council (Hong Kong) and the Pacific Basin Economic Council. He is currently a member of the Business Advisory Council of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). Mr. Wen obtained his bachelor of arts degree from Columbia University, where he majored in economics, and a bachelor of arts and master of arts degree from Oxford University, where he studied law. He was Younger Prizeman in law at Balliol College, Oxford in 1977. Mr. Wen is currently an independent non-executive director of Phoenix New Media Limited and a member of the Advisory Board of International Mining and Infrastructure Corporation Plc.