The Lord Wei | |
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韋鳴恩 | |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 3 June 2010 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | Nathanael Ming-Yan Wei 19 January 1977 Watford, Hertfordshire, England |
Political party | Conservative |
Residence(s) | Shoreditch, London, England |
Education | BA (Hons) French and German |
Alma mater | Jesus College, Oxford |
Occupation | Member of the House of Lords Social entrepreneur Technology advisor |
Nat Wei, Baron Wei | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 韋鳴恩[1] | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 韦鸣恩 | ||||||||||
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Nathanael Ming-Yan Wei, Baron Wei (Chinese: 韋鳴恩;[1] born 19 January 1977), also known as Nat Wei, is an English social entrepreneur and advisor on technology, with an interest in social reform. He is the first British-born person of Hong Kong origin to have become a member of the House of Lords, sitting as a Conservative, and was the youngest member of the House from 2010 to 2016.[2] He was also previously an adviser to the UK Government on their Big Society project.[3]
Lord Wei is the founding partner of the Shaftesbury Partnership,[4][5] the founder of Maker Life, a member of the founding team of Teach First[4] and a former adviser at Absolute Return For Kids.[6] He is also a former fellow of the Young Foundation.[7] and World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. Lord Wei has also served as the Chairman of the Conservative Friends of the Chinese, but stepped down in August 2020. He is a business and technology advisor and board member for a number of businesses, including most including most recently Future Planet Capital,[8] and sits as a member of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee.