Notice Concerning Change of Representative Director
Canon Inc. (the "Company") approved a change of the Company's Representative Directors at the meeting of its Board of Directors held on May 1, 2020, as follows.
Reason for Change
Masaya Maeda, President & COO, made a request to resign on May 1, 2020, due to health reasons. As a result, the Company passed a resolution to have Fujio Mitarai, Chairman & CEO, serve concurrently as President & COO at the meeting of its Board of Directors held on May 1, 2020.
The Company will aim to raise corporate value even further by strengthening and enhancing its management structure going forward.
Change of Representative Director
Name
New Position
Current Position
Fujio Mitarai
Representative Director,
Representative Director,
Chairman & President & CEO
Chairman & CEO
Masaya Maeda
Chief Technology Advisor
Representative Director,
President & COO
3. Scheduled Date of Change of Representative Director May 1, 2020
4. Brief Personal Record of the Newly-appointed Chairman & CEO (concurrently President & COO)
Name &
Brief Person Record
No. of
Date of Birth
Shares
Held
Apr. 1961:
Entered the Company
Mar. 1981:
Director
Mar. 1985:
Managing Director
Mar. 1989
Senior Managing & Representative Director
Fujio Mitarai
Mar. 1993:
Executive Vice President & Representative Director
134,023
Sep. 23, 1935
Sep. 1995:
President & CEO
May 2006:
Chairman & CEO
Mar. 2012:
Chairman & President & CEO
Mar. 2016:
Chairman & CEO
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Canon Inc. specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of consumer printing materials and electronic equipment. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- printers (54.8%): laser printers, color printers, etc.;
- imaging equipment (19.4%): digital cameras, digital camcorders, inkjet printers, scanners, broadcasting materials, etc.;
- medical equipment (12.4%);
- other (13.4%): mask aligners by projection, industrial equipment, etc.
At the end of 2022, the group had 42 industrial sites located mainly in Japan (29).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (21.5%), Asia and Oceania (21.8%), Americas (31.1%) and Europe (25.6%).
CANON INC. 
