BEcon, MBA, DBA, RTTP

Head of Innovation Strategy (HKU RISE)
Director, Techno-Entrepreneurship Core (TEC)
Executive Director, Techno-Entrepreneurship Academy (TEA)
Associate Director, Knowledge Exchange Office (KEO)
The University of Hong Kong

Dr Paul Wang is the key coordinator of HKU’s entrepreneurial initiatives to facilitate research commercialisation and build a vibrant entrepreneurship ecosystem. With the support of various faculties and units, he spearheaded startup policy changes and launched several key initiatives to unlock the prestigious university’s potential in deep tech innovations. Recent developments include the newly established TEA, HKU’s first mainland incubation site in Qianhai, Shenzhen, as well as a cluster of “patient capital” exceeding HK$400 million, catalysed by the University’s Entrepreneurship Engine Fund.

Before joining HKU, Paul played a pivotal role in driving entrepreneurship development at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University for over nine years. During his tenure, He successfully built a dynamic entrepreneurship ecosystem and nurtured more than 450 startups, including several unicorns, through coaching and mentoring. He also launched the university venture capital fund, making a dozen investments in early-stage tech startups and establishing valuable networks with stakeholders from the Chinese mainland and overseas.

Before transitioning to knowledge transfer, Paul had over 15 years of experience practising entrepreneurship as a co-founder and chief business developer in early-stage companies that were later listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX). He holds an MBA from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a BEcon degree from Beijing International Studies University. He has completed his Doctor of Business Administration programme at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a thesis on university venture capital funds.

Dr Wang served as Secretariat of the International Strategic Technology Alliance (ISTA) and is a Registered Technology Transfer Professional (RTTP). He also initiated the establishment of Shanghai Hong Kong Technology Transfer Network (SHK-TTN).

汪鵬博士領導的科創中心致力於通過協調香港大學創業活動，推動科研成果商業化並構建一個活躍的創業生態系統。在各個院系和部門的支持下，他推動了初創政策的變革，並推出了多項重點計劃，以發揮港大在深科技創新方面的潛力。最新的發展包括：香港大學在中國內地建立了首個孵化基地——深圳前海的港大青年科創學院。通過港大創業引擎基金，吸引了一系列“耐心資本”聚焦港大項目，總金額超過4億港元。

在加入香港大學前，他在香港理工大學工作了九年，成功的搭建了一個充滿活力的創業生態系統，並指導和培育了超過450家初創公司，其中包括數家獨角獸企業。此外，他還推動了大學風險投資基金的建立及多家早期科技初創公司的投資，並與中國內地及海外的重要合作夥伴建立了深厚的合作關係。

在轉入大學知識轉移這一專業領域之前，汪先生有15年的行業經驗。他創辦過自己的公司，亦在兩家香港聯交所上市的公司早期階段擔任業務拓展的核心崗位。他持有香港中文大學的MBA學位和北京第二外國語學院的經濟學士學位。他亦已完成香港理工大學的工商管理博士課程，論文主題是大學風險投資基金。

汪博士曾長期擔任國際應用科技開發協作網（ISTA）的秘書處工作，他亦是國際註冊技術轉移經理人（RTTP）, 並推動發起了滬港技術轉移合作網絡（SHK-TTN）。