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Strategy Business Units MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Financial Section
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BASIC POLICY AND CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
Canon recognizes that management supervision functions
and management transparency are vital to strengthen-
ing its corporate governance and further raising corporate
value. Canon’s basic governance structure comprises the
General Meeting of Shareholders, the Board of Directors
and the Audit & Supervisory Board. Furthermore, the
Executive Committee and management committees are
dedicated to addressing key issues. All of these bodies
work together to ensure the appropriate management of
the Group through an internal auditing structure under-
pinned by the Corporate Audit Center and an information
disclosure system for management activities.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Important business matters are discussed and ratified
during meetings of the Board of Directors and Executive
Committee. As of December 31, 2012, the board con-
sisted of 18 directors. In order to facilitate more practical
and efficient decision making, the board is entirely
composed of internal directors who have well-developed
knowledge of the Company’s affairs. Also, the board
is supported by various management committees that
address important management issues in their specific
fields. These committees complement the Company’s
management system by business unit, facilitate efficient
decision making and realize a mutual supervisory func-
tion for such matters as compliance and ethics.
Chairman & CEO
Fujio Mitarai
Executive Vice President & CFO
Toshizo Tanaka
Group Executive, Finance & Accounting Headquarters
Group Executive, Facilities Management Headquarters
Executive Vice President & CTO
Toshiaki Ikoma
Group Executive, Corporate R&D
Executive Vice President
Kunio Watanabe
Group Executive, Corporate Planning Development
Headquarters
Senior Managing Directors
Yoroku Adachi
President & CEO, Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Yasuo Mitsuhashi
Chief Executive, Peripheral Products Operations
■ Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members (as of December 31, 2012)
Canon maintains sound corporate governance as part of efforts to maximize
its stockholders’ value and become a truly excellent global corporation.
The San-ji (“Three Selfs”) spirit are an important guiding principle to
become a truly excellent global corporation.
Shigeyuki Matsumoto
Group Executive, Device Technology Development
Headquarters
Toshio Homma
Group Executive, Procurement Headquarters
Masaki Nakaoka
Chief Executive, Office Imaging Products Operations
Haruhisa Honda
Group Executive, Production Engineering Headquarters
Managing Directors
Hideki Ozawa
President & CEO, Canon (China) Co., Ltd.
Masaya Maeda
Chief Executive, Image Communication Products Operations
Directors
Yasuhiro Tani
Group Executive, Digital System Technology Development
Headquarters
Makoto Araki
Group Executive, Information & Communication Systems
Headquarters
Hiroyuki Suematsu
Group Executive, Environment and Quality Headquarters
Shigeyuki Uzawa
Chief Executive, Optical Products Operations
Kenichi Nagasawa
Group Executive, Corporate Intellectual Property & Legal
Headquarters
Naoji Otsuka
Chief Executive, Inkjet Products Operations
Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Shunji Onda
Kengo Uramoto
Tadashi Ohe (Outside)
Kazunori Watanabe (Outside)
Kuniyoshi Kitamura (Outside)