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Organizational Structure

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Summary

The Robert Huang Entrepreneurship Center is a joint education and research center within Kyushu University that conducts education and research related to entrepreneurship in order to nurture leaders who will actively challenge the creation of new value in all areas of society. It also aims to support creative research and development that can be the seeds of venture businesses. Fostering entrepreneurial human resources who will take on the challenge of high-impact social change and contributing to the production of innovative startups, centered on the Academic Research and Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Division and the Academy of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, and in collaboration with other regional ecosystems.

QREC Organizational Chart

Past Activities and Achievements

QREC Steering Committee

QREC has established a Steering Committee to deliberate on matters related to education and research under the control of the Center Director. The Steering Committee meets regularly and receives advice from the Steering Committee members.

Committee Members

Director of QREC Center / Professor, Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Economics Megumi Takata
Dean, Faculty of Humannvironment StudiesZHAO SHICHEN
Dean, Graduate School of Engineering Masaki Tanaka
Dean, Graduate School of Art and Design Kenichi Tanoue
Dean, Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering Takanobu Kiss
Dean, Graduate School of Medicine Nobuyuki Sudo
Director, Department of Industrial Management, Graduate School of Economics and Management Takeshi Mokudai
Director, Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences Takeru Nose
Assistant General Manager, Academic Research and Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Division Shinji Onishi
(as of April 2026, titles omitted)

QREC External Advisors Meeting

QREC appoints advisors from among experts outside the university to provide guidance and advice on the operation of the Center. Advisor meetings are held as necessary to obtain advice on operations.

Advisor Member

Founder and former Chairman of SYNNEX Corporation
Doctor Emeritus, Kyushu University
Robert Huang
Professor, Stanford University
Director, Asia-U.S. Center for Technology Management Research
Richard B. Dasher
Executive Officer, Senior General Manager of Group Business Development Division of Management Strategy Unit, J.FRONT RETAILING Co., Ltd.Wakako Tokuda
President & representative director & &CEO, Healios K.KHardy TS Kagimoto
Founder & CEO, Reapra Pte Ltd.Shuhei Morofuji
Professor, Faculty of Business Administration and Education, Kyoto UniversityJin-ichiro YAMADA
Fukuoka Regional Strategy Promotion Council, Executive DirectorShuhei Ishimaru
Senior Advisor, KEARNEYTakaaki Umezawa
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Babson CollegeYasuhiro Yamakawa
(as of April 2026, titles omitted)