Founder and President, Kiwanis Voice Club of Nippon
Founded the first Voice Club representing Japan and built youth service, continuity, and stakeholder coordination across health, education, caregiving, and community resilience.
About Me
I am Chak Hang (Howard) Chan, a Tokyo-based builder and incoming HSPS student at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge. I am interested in how institutions behave under pressure, how incentives shape decisions, and how technical systems can reduce friction in the real world.
Across the work I do, the common thread is coordination. I like problems where a better system makes the work easier to repeat, easier to hand off, and easier to trust. That is why my projects sit across service leadership, research, and product infrastructure rather than in one narrow lane.
Long term, I want to build at the point where institutions, incentives, and technical systems meet, whether through company-building and venture or through early-career finance paths that sharpen commercial judgment and execution.
Professional Experience
Founder and Immediate Past President, KIST Key Club
Built the club to 40+ members and 5 executives, with service across health, caregiving, food insecurity, and youth service.
Researcher, Lumiere Education
Top-5% Lumiere project on ambiguous emoji interpretation across Japanese and Chinese users, with publication support toward NHSJS.
Independent Researcher
Research writing on emoji semiotics, cognitive aging, and semiconductor supply-chain resilience.
President, Japan Cancer Society, KIST
Organized a 10-kilometer walkathon with 500+ participants and led donation drives for cancer awareness and support.
President, Recycling Initiative, KIST
Tripled membership to 60 and introduced Quality Inspector roles that improved oversight and recycling efficiency by 40%.
Education
Peterhouse, University of Cambridge
Incoming undergraduate.
K. International School Tokyo
Biology HL, English A HL, Chemistry HL, Mathematics AA SL, Japanese ab initio SL, Economics SL.
HarvardX MCB63X Principles of Biochemistry
Biochemistry coursework completed through HarvardX.
Johns Hopkins CTY AP Biology
Advanced biology coursework completed through Johns Hopkins CTY.
HKUST Dual Program in gifted education
Additional gifted-programme coursework referenced in application materials.