Canon Australia appoints Richard Hamlin as senior general manager, direct sales

Sydney, 30 June 2009: Canon Australia has announced the appointment of Richard Hamlin to the position of senior general manager – direct sales, Canon Australia.

Beginning the new role this month Richard will be responsible for all direct sales for Canon nationally, which include business hardware, software and managed services.

Previously Richard held several senior management positions within Brambles Limited, the last being Managing Director, Recall UK. Richard has extensive experience in the business services industry, providing document managed solutions to the government and corporate sectors.

Richard’s experience also includes roles in government, not for profit organisations and corporate sectors including; Sedgemoor Group in the UK, Landcare Australia, and Scholastic Australia. Richard replaces Nick Peterson, who has been with Canon for four years.

“Richard brings significant senior management experience, gained in Australia and the United Kingdom, and will help to further develop Canon Australia as a leader in business printing and document management solutions,” says Allan Corder, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Managing Director, Canon Australia.

“I’m looking to provide the market with a sales team that delivers effective, tailored end-to-end document solutions”, said Richard. “More than anything we’re providing solutions that support our customers’ individual commercial, technological and environmental needs.

“By doing this we’ll be strengthening Canon’s large enterprise customer focus and increasing its market share,” he said. “I am also pleased to be working with a company with such a successful history of innovation and I am confident that the Canon solutions will continue to lead the market.”

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About Canon

Canon Australia is a leading provider of advanced, simple-to-use imaging solutions for businesses and consumers. Canon's Australian R&D company, CiSRA, develops customised solutions for local customers, and exports digital imaging technologies for use in Canon products worldwide. Canon has ranked among the top-three US patent recipients for the past 17 years, and had global revenues of around $US44.9 billion in 2008. Canon Australia also operates Canon Finance Australia, which offers one-stop shopping for customers wanting leasing or finance services.

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