Board of Advisors

Professor Takashi Tomita University of Tokyo Research Center of Advanced Science and Technology

As Visiting Professor of the University of Tokyo, Research Center of Advanced Science and Technology, and as a Member of the Market Strategy Board of the International Electro-technical Commission (IEC), Tomita-san continues to make pioneering contributions to the field of renewable energy. Previously, Tomita-san provided 34 years of successful leadership at SHARP Corporation. As an Executive Director of Sharp and CEO of Sharp Solar, Tomita guided the company to become the largest solar supplier in the world for seven consecutive years, achieved a total solar business volume of $1.5bn in 2006, and established Sharp as the top residential solar supplier in Japan.

Tomita-san has also contributed new technologies into the field of crystalline silicon cell/modules, amorphous/ micro-crystalline silicon thin film processes, and 3-5 compound semiconductor cells/ concentrators. Professor Tomita is a specialist in Semiconductor Physics, Solid State Electronics, Optical Processes, and Microwave Electronics.

He actively supports the Solar Industry, having recently served as Committee Member of Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard of METI, Advisory Board Member of the NARA Advanced and Technology Institute, and Visiting Professor of Tohoku University.