Executive Board
The Executive Board of Canon Production Printing consists of Minoru Asada and Marcel Frielinck
Minoru Asada
Post: President & CEO and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Canon Production Printing Holding B.V.
Nationality: Japanese
Appointed: December 2018
Mr. Asada studied Accounting and Management Administration at Sophia University in Tokyo and has worked within Canon since 1985. He held various positions, usually in finance and accounting. He worked for Canon USA from 1991 to 1996 and from 2004 to 2010, for a total of 11 years.
His last position before moving to Venlo in September 2018 was Deputy Group Executive in the Finance and Accounting Headquarters of Canon, with the rank of Executive Officer.
Mr. Asada was appointed as Chief Operations Officer (COO) on 1 September 2018. On 17 December 2018 he was appointed President & CEO and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors.
Marcel Frielinck
Post: Executive Vice President (EVP), Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and member of the Board of Executive Directors of Canon Production Printing Holding B.V.
Nationality: Dutch
Appointed: March 2022
Marcel Frielinck joined Canon Production Printing in 2017. In January 2021, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and member of the Executive Committee of Canon Production Printing.
Marcel has a history in the printing industry, with assignments in Finance, Manufacturing & Supply Chain, and Business Operations. He has worked in several European countries in various roles, in the US as Global Head of Supply Chain and in India as CFO.
On 1 March 2022, he was appointed member of the Board of Executive Directors of Canon Production Printing Holding B.V.