Yusuke Kawamura Yusuke Kawamura was elected as an Outside Director so that Canon Inc.’s management may utilize his knowledge and experience gained from his wealth of experience as an Outside Director, and also due to his capacity as an expert with respect to financial and securities systems as well as strategy for managing financial institutions, given that he worked at a securities company and subsequently served in positions that include university professor, a commissioner of councils of Japan’s Ministry of Finance and Financial Services Agency, and as an Executive Counselor of the Japan Securities Dealers Association.