Canon Australia has appointed Masayuki ‘Mike’ Murase (pictured) to the role of senior director for business information solutions (BIS).

With more than three decades of experience from Canon US and Japan in the office imaging products group, Murase has relocated to Australia tasked with growing Canon Australia’s business products and services. Most recently, he was general manager of office imaging product operations at Canon headquarters in Japan.

Commenting on his appointment, Murase said, “Having witnessed the strength of the team at Canon Australia through my previous role at Canon headquarters in Japan, I am excited to join the team locally. I look forward to working with the team to build on the excellent progress made to date as we support our customers and grow Canon Australia’s products and services.”

Canon Oceania and Australia managing director, Akira (Dave) Yoshida said, “As a business, we strive to make technology as easy as possible for our customers and stamp out complexity, so they can focus on their business. Having spent time in both our US and Japan offices, I am confident in Mike’s leadership to help Canon Australia BIS achieve exactly that.”