Nat Wei, Baron Wei
The Lord Wei | |
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韋鳴恩勳爵 | |
| 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 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 韋鳴恩 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 韦鸣恩 | ||||||||||
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Nathanael Ming-Yan Wei, Baron Wei (Chinese: 韋鳴恩; 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. He was also previously an adviser to the UK Government on their Big Society project.
Lord Wei is the founding partner of the Shaftesbury Partnership, the founder of Maker Life, a member of the founding team of Teach First and a former adviser at Absolute Return For Kids. He is also a former fellow of the Young Foundation. 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, and sits as a member of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee.