Former Cyberport CEO to lead Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises

The former CEO of Cyberport Peter Yan King Shun (pictured) has been tapped by the Hong Kong government to lead the office tasked with attracting companies from specific fields to the city.

Effective today, Yan will take on the role as the director-general of the Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises (OASES), following an open recruitment exercise.

Yan joins the government with over 38 years of experience in the innovation and technology sector. Previously as the CEO of Cyberport, Yan led the digital technology flagship focusing on talent cultivation, industry development, and the integration of new and traditional economies.

Prior to joining Cyberport, Yan was the executive director and CEO of carrier-neutral data centre SUNeVision. Yan has also held various senior management positions in large consulting and IT services companies including Accenture, Tradelink and Computer and Technologies.

Chan, said, "Yan possesses rich experience and extensive knowledge in the field of information technology and has frequently communicated and collaborated with stakeholders from strategic industries. His remarkable leadership and strategic vision were evident during his tenure as the CEO of the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company.”

“He has also accumulated significant experience in public service. I am confident that Yan will lead OASES in attracting more strategic enterprises to Hong Kong, thereby contributing to the city's innovation and technology development as well as its economic upgrading and transformation,” Chan added.

The government has been actively promoting Hong Kong's dual advantages in financial services and innovation and technology across the world. Most recently, Chan visited Madrid, Spain to promote the city’s unique role as a super connector between China and the world.

He said Hong Kong welcomes Spanish enterprises to use Hong Kong as a springboard to tap into the vast markets of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Mainland, and broader Asia.

Combined with the mutual access schemes with the capital markets of the mainland, he said Hong Kong provides the channel through which Spanish companies can conveniently attract funds from both the mainland and international markets.

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