Canon EMEA, a global provider of imaging technologies and services, has announced Yuichi Ishizuka as the new president and CEO for Canon Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), succeeding Rokus van Iperen who is retiring after six years in the role. Rokus van Iperen, outgoing EMEA CEO and senior managing executive officer, Canon Inc., was appointed president and CEO of Canon Europe in 2012 following a distinguished career at Océ NV. Initially tasked with ensuring a smooth integration of Océ into the Canon business, he successfully presided over several other significant acquisitions to enable the company’s digitisation strategy. Yuichi Ishizuka, previously president and COO for Canon USA, assumed his new responsibilities as president and CEO of Canon EMEA effective from 1 April. “Canon is a clear leader in consumer and business imaging with millions of customers throughout EMEA, a region where we celebrated our 60th anniversary of operations last year,” says Ishizuka.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 04, 2018 06:45 UTC