Nicholas Yang

Nicholas Yang Wei-hsiung
楊偉雄
Secretary for Innovation and Technology
In office
20 November 2015 – 22 April 2020
Chief ExecutiveLeung Chun-ying
Carrie Lam
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAlfred Sit
Personal details
Born (1955-04-22) April 22, 1955 (age 69)
Taiwan
NationalityChinese
ResidenceHong Kong
EducationCalifornia Institute of Technology (BS)
Stanford University (MS, MBA)

Nicholas Yang Wei-hsiung, GBS, JP (Chinese: 楊偉雄, born 22 April 1955) is a Taiwanese-born Hong Kong politician and engineer and a former Non-official Member of the Executive Council. He is a former Executive Vice President of Hong Kong Polytechnic University and was the inaugural Secretary for Innovation and Technology, a post he held for five years to 2020.