Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
wein@parliament.uk
Biography
Lords career
Government adviser, Big Society (unpaid), Cabinet Office 2010-11
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Wei, of Shoreditch in the London Borough of Hackney 2010
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Director, Wei Associates Ltd (non-trading)
Director (sole), Shoreditch Ventures Ltd (a social enterprise resourcing social reform)
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Speaking engagement, 29 June 2011, Socires (in the Netherlands; fees and flights paid for by Socires, a Dutch expertise centre that focuses on themes relating to the relationship between public and private, such as social organisations in public service delivery, the cooperation between government, market and social organisations and the role of religion in the public domain)
Speaking engagement, 7 September 2011, Rathbones Brothers plc’s annual charity dinner
Adviser, British Education Ltd
Brand Ambassador, Garrard & Co
4: Shareholdings (a)
Wei Associates Ltd (non-trading) (see category 1)
Shoreditch Ventures Ltd (sole shareholder; see category 1)
5: Land and property
A residential flat in East London from which rental income is received
7: Overseas visits
Visit to The Hague, Netherlands, 29 June 2011; cost of flights and taxi provided by Socires (see category 2)
Visit to Hong Kong and mainland China, 16 September - 2 October 2011; cost of flights to Hong Kong met by ABP (China) Holding Groups Limited; cost of internal flights to various cities in mainland China met by Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd; cost of internal flights to Shanghai and accommodation met by Zhong Rong Group
8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
Lessons in Mandarin provided by the Confucius Institute on a pro bono basis
Holiday accommodation in Cumbria provided by Mr Jonathan Robinson
Upgrade of return flights to Hong Kong by Cathay Pacific, 13-24 February 2012
Research and Secretarial assistance is provided by All Party Parliamentary Group for East Asian Business
Upgrade of a flight to Hong Kong by Cathay Pacific, 28 March 2012
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Director and Trustee, Asia House
Adviser, Community Network Foundation (voluntary)