Cooke is the first Australian to hold the top job at Konica Minolta. He will step into the role on May 1, succeeding current managing director Hiro Kaji who has announced that he is returning to Japan.
The appointment of Dr Cooke, who has been the executive general manager at Konica Minolta for the past seven years, is seen as a new step for the Japan-based company as it asserts its position in an industry undergoing far reaching change.
Cooke is well known for his environmental work with Konica Minolta. He ahs published several academic papers on the subject, and was a winner of the prestigious The Global Social Impact Award for Global Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI) / Emerald Publishing London in 2011.
This award is bestowed for excellence in academic publishing for research that has the greatest potential to positively influence society.
Other papers include Building Social Capital through Corporate Social Investment, published through Southern Cross University in 2008. This was a research dissertation which studied the motivations of profit-making corporations to support the not-for-profit sector, and how to enhance this engagement process.
Cooke says, “While our business will continue to embrace the digital economy with integrated hardware and software solutions, my broader vision for Konica Minolta is to drive sustainability by promoting behavioural change within the company and contributing to a greater focus across the industry as a whole.
“I would like Konica Minolta to be known as a company that truly cares about its customers and the community in which it operates. I believe we can achieve this for our clients by implementing strategies that will help them to reduce their carbon footprint, meet their sustainability targets and deliver greater productivity and efficiency practices to their organisations.
“Our staff will be a key part of our continued success and I will be focusing on creating a more constructive culture by implementing a flatter management structure, encouraging greater collaboration across the organisation, and fostering a deeper appreciation for social responsibility,” continued Dr Cooke.
Hiro Kaji, who will hand over the role on May 1, says, “David Cooke was a natural choice to succeed me as managing director in Australia and I have every faith that he will continue to steer Konica Minolta to even greater success.”
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Australia announced today that Dr David Cooke has been appointed to the role of Managing Director, Australia, making him the first Australian to be entrusted with this role.
Dr Cooke will step into his new role from the 1st May, succeeding Hiro Kaji who has announced that he is returning to Japan.
This award is bestowed annually across a number of categories for excellence in academic publishing. This particular award recognises the journal article which has the greatest potential to positively influence society.
The appointment of Dr Cooke, who has been the Executive General Manager at Konica Minolta for the past seven years, is seen as an exciting step for the Japan-based company as it asserts its position in an industry undergoing far reaching change.
“I am delighted to be appointed to the role of Managing Director Australia. While our business will continue to embrace the digital economy with integrated hardware and software solutions, my broader vision for Konica Minolta is to drive sustainability by promoting behavioural change within the company and contributing to a greater focus across the industry as a whole,” commented Dr Cooke.
“I’d like Konica Minolta to be known as a company that truly cares about its customers and the community in which it operates. I believe we can achieve this for our clients by implementing strategies that will help them to reduce their carbon footprint, meet their sustainability targets and deliver greater productivity and efficiency practices to their organisations.”
“Our staff will be a key part of our continued success and I will be focusing on creating a more constructive culture by implementing a flatter management structure, encouraging greater collaboration across the organisation, and fostering a deeper appreciation for social responsibility,” continued Dr Cooke.
Mr Hiro Kaji, who will hand over the role on the 1st May, says, “David was a natural choice to succeed me as Managing Director in Australia and I have every faith that he will continue to steer Konica Minolta to even greater success.”
Cultural changes are afoot at Konica Minolta Australia with appointment of sustainability champion Dr David Cooke as the new managing director, the first Australian to be appointed to the role.
Dr Cooke will step into the role on May 1, succeeding current managing director Hiro Kaji who has announced that he is returning to Japan.
The appointment of Dr Cooke, who has been the executive general manager at Konica Minolta for the past seven years, is seen as a new step for the Japan-based company as it asserts its position in an industry undergoing far reaching change.
Cooke is well known for his environmental work with Konica Minolta. He ahs published several academic papers on the subject, and was a winner of The Global Social Impact Award for Global Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI) / Emerald Publishing London in 2011.
This award is bestowed annually across a number of categories for excellence in academic publishing. This particular award recognises the journal article which has the greatest potential to positively influence society.
Other papers include Building Social Capital through Corporate Social Investment, published through Southern Cross University in 2008.
This was a research dissertation which studied the motivations of profit-making corporations to support the not-for-profit sector, and how to enhance this engagement process.
Dr Cooke says, “I am delighted to be appointed to the role of managing director Australia. While our business will continue to embrace the digital economy with integrated hardware and software solutions, my broader vision for Konica Minolta is to drive sustainability by promoting behavioural change within the company, and contributing to a greater focus across the industry as a whole.
“I would like Konica Minolta to be known as a company that cares about its customers, and the community in which it operates. I believe we can achieve this for our clients by implementing strategies that will help them to reduce their carbon footprint, meet their sustainability targets and deliver greater productivity and efficiency practices to their organisations.
“Our staff will be a key part of our continued success and I will be focusing on creating a more constructive culture by implementing a flatter management structure, encouraging greater collaboration across the organisation, and fostering a deeper appreciation for social responsibility.”
Hiro Kaji, who will hand over the role on the May 1, says, “David Cooke was a natural choice to succeed me as managing director in Australia and I have every faith that he will continue to steer Konica Minolta to even greater success.”
Konica Minolta is a relatively new player in the commercial print space, it entered the business eight years ago at PacPrint 2005, and has since become a major player in the digital print sector particularly through its bizhub Press range of printers.
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