Name: Venkatasubramanian Hariharan
Designation: Managing Director – EMEA
Company: Canon
Venkatasubramanian Hariharan is the Managing Director of Canon Middle East (CME), the regional headquarters of Canon. He assumed this leadership role in July 2021, guiding the organisation through its post-pandemic transition, implementing business recovery strategies, integrating Canon Turkey, and spearheading expansion into key regional markets. His mandate also includes driving a strong customer-centric agenda to ensure sustained growth.
Hariharan’s career with Canon began in 2006, and he has played a pivotal role in the company’s evolution into a leading B2C organisation in the Middle East. From January 2017, he served as the B2C Business Unit Director at CME, where he strengthened the company’s leadership position across the GCC. During this tenure, he focused on channel development, regional expansions, and operational streamlining, adopting innovative approaches that reinforced Canon’s market dominance. Before this, between 2012 and 2016, Hariharan served as Sales Director for both B2B and B2C segments, overseeing sales operations across the GCC.
