Kazuto Ogawa

Kazuto (Kevin) Ogawa is president and chief executive officer of Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Born in Tokyo, Japan, Mr. Ogawa joined Canon in 1981 as a copier salesman trainee in downtown Tokyo. Even as a trainee, he was driven to finish in the top 10 in sales in order to win an overseas assignment, which landed him at Canon Canada. Between 1995 and 2005, Mr. Ogawa held positions at Canon Singapore, Canon Hong Kong and Canon China before returning to Canon Singapore as president and CEO in 2005. In 2008, he was transferred to Canon Canada as president and CEO of the very company where he served as a marketing trainee 25 years earlier. Mr. Ogawa was named Executive Officer of Canon Inc. in 2011, Executive Vice President of Canon (China) Co., Ltd., in 2014, and appointed Managing Executive Officer of Canon Inc. in 2016. He became President and Chief Operating Officer of Canon U.S.A. in 2018 and assumed his current position at Canon U.S.A. in April 2020. He was promoted to Senior Managing Executive Officer of Canon Inc. in April 2021.