About

Janette Loh joined Canon Singapore – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canon Inc. – in 2009. Canon Singapore operates as the regional headquarters for the group’s sales and marketing operations in South and Southeast Asia, covering 22 countries. In her time with the company, Loh has grown the Singapore-based legal function from a team of two to a team of 10 members spanning legal and corporate secretarial, intellectual property and product regulatory functions. The team also works closely with a wider group of around 15 counsel based in the various jurisdictions within Canon Singapore’s commercial territory. Loh sees the expansion of the legal function as a recognition of the value lawyers bring, commenting that it ‘represented a success in convincing management to appreciate the importance of a robust legal and compliance infrastructure, even during challenging economic times’. Loh stresses the importance of a legal team being able to perform both frontline and gatekeeper duties and says her team is ‘constantly encouraged to deliver customer delight in the performance of their work In line with our company’s sales slogan of “Delighting You Always”’. In a business where ‘the only constant is change’, Loh sees it as her task to ensure ‘we remain relevant and agile and are able to adapt our working style to manage different local conditions’.