Johnny Luk

Johnny Luk MRSA (born 1990) is a British business manager and politician. He was Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of College and University Entrepreneurs for two years having been appointed at the age of 23.[1][2][3] He is a Governor of the University for the Creative Arts and was a Conservative party candidate for the Constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn in the 2019 General Election.[4][5][6][7][8].

Johnny Luk
Born1990
NationalityBritish
EducationBedford Modern School
Alma materUniversity of Durham

Luk was Head of Policy and Strategy for Adecco UK, a Senior Policy Adviser in the Brexit Department and worked in the Business, Trade and Digital Departments of the British Government.[9] Luk has also served as a judge for Microsoft Ventures and the London Mayor's low carbon scheme.[10]

Luk previously ran the Conservative Friends of the Chinese as its political director.

Biography

Johnny Luk was born in Hong Kong in 1990.[4] He was educated in England at Heronsgate Middle School and then Bedford Modern School, where he was Captain of Boats, and graduated from the University of Durham in Natural Sciences.[11][12] An accomplished oarsman, Luk was a 2016 Welsh Indoor Rowing Silver Medallist and a 2009 National Schools Gold Medallist.[9][5]

Luk was Head of Policy and Strategy for Adecco UK, a Senior Policy Adviser in the Brexit Department and worked in the Business, Trade and Digital Departments.[9] He served as Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of College and University Entrepreneurs for two years having been appointed at the age of 23.[1] Luk has also served as a judge for Microsoft Ventures and the London Mayor's (at the time Boris Johnson) Low Carbon Entrepreneurship Scheme.[10]

Luk was a Conservative party candidate for the Constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn in the 2019 General Election, where he finished second.[4] His campaign was described as a 'Triumph' by the local newspaper Ham & High[13]. He is a Governor of the University for the Creative Arts.[6][7]

References
  1. Dhaliwal, Spinder (November 4, 2016). "The Millennial Millionaire: How Young Entrepreneurs Turn Dreams Into Business". Macmillan Education UK – via Google Books.
  2. "The upside of being British Chinese - Johnny Luk and Jonathan Lui". radiopublic.com.
  3. "Royal Agricultural University student up for national enterprise award". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard.
  4. Taylor, Harry. "Johnny Luk: Tory candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn says its time for moderate Conservatives to 'step up'". Hampstead Highgate Express.
  5. "University for the Creative Arts - Governance - UCA". University for the Creative Arts - UCA.
  6. "UK – SMEs increasingly worried about Brexit's impact on recruitment: The Adecco Group". www2.staffingindustry.com.
  7. "HuffPost is now a part of Verizon Media". consent.yahoo.com.
  8. "Hampstead and Kilburn constituency results 2019: Labour's Tulip Siddiq wins". December 13, 2019.
  9. "Johnny Luk selected to stand for Tories in Hampstead and Kilburn". Camden New Journal.
  10. "We must leave the EU, says new Tory candidate in Hampstead and Kilburn". Islington Tribune.
  11. "Interview with NACUE CEO Johnny Luk – Nee Hao Magazine".
  12. "Durham in World Top 25 for graduate employability - Durham University". www.dur.ac.uk.
  13. Taylor, Harry. "Hampstead and Kilburn: Race for second showed a good night for the Conservatives and Lib Dem disappointment". Hampstead Highgate Express. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
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