Patrick NIP

Mr Nip is currently an Adjunct Professor of the Department of Politics and Public Administration of The University of Hong Kong; an Honorary Professor of Faculty of Social Science of The Chinese University of Hong Kong; an Independent Non-Executive Director of Hang Seng Bank (China) Limited and the Vice Chairman of World Vision China. Mr Nip is also the Convenor of the Advisory Committee of the “Jockey Club Carer Space” for supporting elderly’s caregivers.  

Mr Nip joined the Administrative Service of the Hong Kong government in August 1986. Since then, he has served in various bureaux and departments. He was a Principal Official of the fifth-term Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government from July 2017 to June 2022. He was the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs from July 2017 to April 2020 and the Secretary for the Civil Service from April 2020 to June 2022.  

Mr Nip received a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree from The University of Hong Kong and a Master in Public Administration degree from the Harvard Kennedy School. He has also studied public administration at the Oxford University and attended national studies courses at the Chinese Academy of Governance.