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Life Science Innovation Network Japan(LINK-J)

Organization chart The Management Advisory Committee comprises experts from industry and academia who diligently employ their expertise and broad insight to support LINK-J's activities.The Committee also provides strategic advice to the Board of Directors.

Directors and Auditors

Chairman of the Board Hideyuki Okano, M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Chairman, Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine
Vice Chairman of the Board Yoshiki Sawa, M.D., Ph.D. Specially Appointed Professor Division of Health science Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Director,Osaka Police Hospital
Vice Chairman of the Board Takashi Ueda President and Chief Executive Officer, Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.
Chief Executive Officer Akihiko Soyama LINK-J
Co-Chief Executive Officer Hiroshi Saigusa LINK-J
Auditor Yutaro Kikuchi Attorney at law, Kikuchi Sogo Law Office
Auditor Shigeru Sugimoto CEO, Sakura & Co.

Management Advisory Committee Members

The Management Advisory Committee comprises experts from industry and academia who diligently employ their expertise and broad insight to support LINK-J's activities. The Committee also provides strategic advice to the Board of Directors.

Special Advisor Yoichiro Matsumoto, Dr. Eng. Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Advisor Takuro Ueda Director, Office of Cooperative Research and Development, Tohoku University
Advisor Hiroaki Ueno President, Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA)
President & Representative Director, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
Advisor Shinji Ohnishi Vice President Deputy Director General of Research and Industrial Collaboration Management office, Kyushu University
Advisor Yasushi Okada President, The Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Associations of JAPAN (FPMAJ)
Representative Corporate Officer, COO and Industry Affairs,Eisai Co., Ltd.
Advisor Keiji Kojima Director, Representative Executive Officer, President & CEO and Director, Hitachi, Ltd
Advisor Jun Takahashi M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Director of Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Japan
Advisor Yoshitsugu Shitaka, Ph.D. Chairman, Forum for Innovative Regenerative Medicine (FIRM)
Chief Scientific Officer, Astellas Pharma Inc.
Advisor Masaaki Mizuno, M.D., Ph.D. Clinical Professor, Nagoya University Hospital Department of Advanced Medicine Center for Advanced medicine and Clinical Research Director
Advisor Kohei Miyazono., M.D., Ph.D. Executive Director, RIKEN
Advisor Koji Murota Executive Vice-President for Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration, Kyoto University
Advisor Akio Yamamoto Chairman, the Japan Federation of Medical Devices Associations
President and Chief Operating Officer, FUJIFILM Healthcare Corporation
Advisor Shinji Wakao, Ph.D. Vice President for Research, and Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
Advisor Toshiya Watanabe, Ph.D. The University of Tokyo Institute for Future Initiatives
Advisor Masanobu Komoda Chairman of the Board, Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

Executive Office

President and Chief Operating Officer Shunichi Takahashi, Ph.D.                       
(as of SEP, 2023)
           
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