Camera +++ plan clicks in China

Hideki Ozawa keen to help Canon's surveillance, medical and imaging products succeed locally

For 12 years, Canon China's president and CEO, Hideki Ozawa, 67, pursued a dream. He wanted to make Canon, which entered the China market in 1997, a brand to reckon with in the mainland.

Having led Canon China since 2005, Ozawa was rewarded with an additional global role - executive vice-president - on April 1.