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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 Organization 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 StudiesHisao Takekuma
Dean, Graduate School of Engineering Motoji Yamamoto
Dean, Graduate School of Art and Design Akira Omoto
Dean, Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering Makoto Yokoo
Dean, Graduate School of Medicine Nobuyuki Sudo
Director, Department of Industrial Management, Graduate School of Economics and Management Takehiko Ogi
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 2025, 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
Former President and CEO, Yuko Yuko Holdings Inc. 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 University Jin-ichiro YAMADA
Fukuoka Regional Strategy Promotion Council, Executive Director Shuhei Ishimaru
Chairman, A.T. Kearney New York Office Japan Takaaki Umezawa
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Babson College Yasuhiro Yamakawa
(as of April 2025, titles omitted)