Coordination is the through-line.

I am Chak Hang (Howard) Chan, a Tokyo-based builder and incoming HSPS student at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge. I’m 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, 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’s 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, through company-building and venture, or early-career finance paths that sharpen commercial judgment and execution.