--- title: MEMBERS | PEP description: Introducing the members of the PEP program. image: https://peplatform.org/hubfs/test_thumb-1.png --- [Skip to content](https://peplatform.org/en/member#main-content) - [English](https://peplatform.org/en/member) - [日本語](https://peplatform.org/ja/member) English Show submenu for translations [![PEP](https://peplatform.org/hubfs/logo%20(1).svg)](https://peplatform.org/?hsLang=en) - [About](https://peplatform.org/en/member#org) Show submenu for About - [About PEP](https://peplatform.org/en/pep) - [About Policy Entrepreneurs](https://peplatform.org/en/pe) - [Members](https://peplatform.org/en/member) - [\[↗\] Internship](https://apinitiative.org/en/internship/) - [\[↗\] Privacy Policy](https://apinitiative.org/en/privacypolicy/) - [\[↗\] International House of Japan](https://ihj.global/en/) - [Blog](https://peplatform.org/en/latest) - [Initiatives](https://peplatform.org/en/member#init) Show submenu for Initiatives - [Overview](https://peplatform.org/en/general) - [PEP for Youth](https://peplatform.org/en/youth) - [PEP for Climate Tech](https://peplatform.org/en/climatetech) - [PEP for Non-Profit スタートアップ](https://peplatform.org/en/pep-for-nps) - [PEP Summit](https://peplatform.org/en/summit) - [Content](https://peplatform.org/en/member#content) Show submenu for Content - [PEP Talk](https://peplatform.org/en/pep-talk) - [Events](https://peplatform.org/en/event) - [PEP by Tech](https://peplatform.org/pep-by-tech) - [PEP for GenAI](https://peplatform.org/ja/latest/tag/pep-for-%E7%94%9F%E6%88%90ai) - [Contact](https://peplatform.org/en/contact) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [About](https://peplatform.org/en/member#org) Show submenu for About - [About PEP](https://peplatform.org/en/pep) - [About Policy Entrepreneurs](https://peplatform.org/en/pe) - [Members](https://peplatform.org/en/member) - [\[↗\] Internship](https://apinitiative.org/en/internship/) - [\[↗\] Privacy Policy](https://apinitiative.org/en/privacypolicy/) - [\[↗\] International House of Japan](https://ihj.global/en/) - [Blog](https://peplatform.org/en/latest) - [Initiatives](https://peplatform.org/en/member#init) Show submenu for Initiatives - [Overview](https://peplatform.org/en/general) - [PEP for Youth](https://peplatform.org/en/youth) - [PEP for Climate Tech](https://peplatform.org/en/climatetech) - [PEP for Non-Profit スタートアップ](https://peplatform.org/en/pep-for-nps) - [PEP Summit](https://peplatform.org/en/summit) - [Content](https://peplatform.org/en/member#content) Show submenu for Content - [PEP Talk](https://peplatform.org/en/pep-talk) - [Events](https://peplatform.org/en/event) - [PEP by Tech](https://peplatform.org/pep-by-tech) - [PEP for GenAI](https://peplatform.org/ja/latest/tag/pep-for-%E7%94%9F%E6%88%90ai) - [Contact](https://peplatform.org/en/contact) - - [English](https://peplatform.org/en/member) - [日本語](https://peplatform.org/ja/member) English Show submenu for translations - [Subscribe](https://peplatform.org/en/newsletter) [Subscribe](https://peplatform.org/en/newsletter?hsLang=en) # MEMBERS About Us ## Executive Committee ![Ken JIMBO](https://peplatform.org/hs-fs/hubfs/jimbo.jpg?width=300&name=jimbo.jpg "Ken JIMBO") ### Ken JIMBO #### Managing Director (Representative Director) President, Asia Pacific Initiative JIMBO Ken is Professor at the Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University. He served as a Special Advisor to the Minister of Defense, Japan Ministry of Defense (2020) and a Senior Advisor, The National Security Secretariat (2018-20). His main research fields are in International Security, Japan-US Security Relations, Japanese Foreign and Defense Policy, Multilateral Security in Asia-Pacific, and Regionalism in East Asia. He has been a policy advisor for various Japanese governmental commissions and research groups including for the National Security Secretariat, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His policy writings have appeared in NBR, The RAND Corporation, Stimson Center, Pacific Forum CSIS, Japan Times, Nikkei, Yomiuri, Asahi and Sankei Shimbun. \[Concurrent Position\] Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University ![Takaaki UMADA](https://peplatform.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Umada_api%20(1)%20-%20Copy%20-%20Copy-1.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=Umada_api%20(1)%20-%20Copy%20-%20Copy-1.jpg "Takaaki UMADA") ### Takaaki UMADA #### Visiting Senior Fellow Director UMADA Takaaki is Director of FoundX, The University of Tokyo, Japan, where he has engaged himself in supporting startups and educating on entrepreneurship since 2019. Prior to that, he worked for Microsoft Japan and Hongo Tech Garage at The University of Tokyo. He graduated from University of Toronto. \[Concurrent Position\] Director, FoundX, The University of Tokyo ## Advisory Board ![Ichiro ASAHINA](https://peplatform.org/hs-fs/hubfs/%E6%9C%9D%E6%AF%94%E5%A5%88%E4%B8%80%E9%83%8E2.png?width=300&height=300&name=%E6%9C%9D%E6%AF%94%E5%A5%88%E4%B8%80%E9%83%8E2.png "Ichiro ASAHINA") ##### Ichiro ASAHINA Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Aoyama Shachu Co., Ltd. ![Tasuku KUWABARA](https://peplatform.org/hs-fs/hubfs/img-kuwabara.png?width=300&height=300&name=img-kuwabara.png "Tasuku KUWABARA") ##### Tasuku KUWABARA Partner and Head of Infrastructure Japan EQT Partners Japan KK ![Lin KOBAYASHI](https://peplatform.org/hubfs/%E5%B0%8F%E6%9E%97%E3%82%8A%E3%82%933.png "Lin KOBAYASHI") ##### Lin KOBAYASHI Chair of the Board, United World College ISAK Japan ![Hiroki KOMAZAKI](https://peplatform.org/hubfs/(%E5%85%AC%E5%BC%8F)IMG_4444-3-1.jpeg "Hiroki KOMAZAKI") ##### Hiroki KOMAZAKI CEO of Tsunagari AI, Inc. / Founder and Former Chairman of Florence, a certified non-profit organization ![Chizuru SUGA](https://peplatform.org/hubfs/%E9%A0%88%E8%B3%80%E5%8D%83%E9%B6%B43.png "Chizuru SUGA") ##### Chizuru SUGA Director of the Information Economy Division at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry / Councillor at the Digital Agency ![Retsu FUJISAWA](https://peplatform.org/hubfs/img-fujisawa.png "Retsu FUJISAWA") ##### Retsu FUJISAWA Representative Director of the General Incorporated Association RCF / Director of the Fukushima 12 Municipalities Migration Support Center ![Yutaka MATSUO](https://peplatform.org/hubfs/img-matsuo.png "Yutaka MATSUO") ##### Yutaka MATSUO Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo ![Gen MIYAZAWA](https://peplatform.org/hubfs/%E5%AE%AE%E6%BE%A4%E5%BC%A6.jpeg "Gen MIYAZAWA") ##### Gen MIYAZAWA Senior Vice President, Group ASI Strategy Division Head, Softbank Corp. ## Secretariats ![](https://peplatform.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Umada_api%20(1)%20-%20Copy%20-%20Copy-1.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=Umada_api%20(1)%20-%20Copy%20-%20Copy-1.jpg) ### Director Takaaki UMADA UMADA Takaaki is Director of FoundX, The University of Tokyo, Japan, where he has engaged himself in supporting startups and educating on entrepreneurship since 2019. 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