Dominik Lentz takes over responsibility for Corporate Division at FUJIFILM Europe

Dominik Lentz, Senior Vice President Corporate Division of FUJIFILM Europe GmbH

Dr. Dominik Lentz (45) has been assigned Senior Vice President of the Corporate Division of FUJIFILM Europe GmbH, Duesseldorf. The Corporate Division acts as a service unit for all Business Domains handled throughout Europe, namely Imaging, Graphic Systems, Medical Systems, Optical Devices and Industrial Products. The services combined in the Corporate Division are Corporate Planning and Corporate Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Communications, Logistics, Procurement, Information Technology, Security Trade Control, Customs Affairs and others. FUJIFILM Europe in Duesseldorf is the strategic headquarters of Fujifilm’s operations in Europe and is responsible for approximately 30 countries in the region. Lentz reports to Junji Okada, President of FUJIFILM Europe and is succeeding Yoshiaki Kawamura, who is returning to Japan in order to take over a new role within the Corporate Head Office. The change is effective as from 1 April 2011. 

Lentz joined Fujifilm in 2005 and started as General Counsel of FUJIFILM Europe building up a European Legal Department. In 2009 he was promoted to Vice President Corporate Division, taking over this role in double function to the responsibilities as Head of the Legal department. His new role as Head of Corporate Division will also be in addition to his existing responsibilities as Head of European Legal and General Counsel. Lentz graduated from Cologne University, from where he was awarded his phD, specialising on International Commercial Arbitration. After working as Research Assistant at the Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law he was admitted to the bar in Germany in 1997. Before joining Fujifilm, he worked in an international law firm, since 2002 as a Partner.

"Based on its technological strength and relentless drive for innovation I am convinced that Fujifilm will further grow and succeed in the future”, says Dominik Lentz. “The Corporate Division has to be a strong and efficient backbone for all of our business activities throughout Europe, giving support and guidance to our business operations, but at the same time being an enabler for strategic business development. Based on this vision I am committed to build up a truly European organisation helping us to further strengthen FUJIFILM Europe in all of its markets." 

About FUJIFILM Corporation

FUJIFILM Corporation is one of the major operating companies of Fujifilm Holdings. Since its founding in 1934, the company has built up a wealth of advanced technologies in the field of photo imaging, and in line with its efforts to become a comprehensive healthcare company, Fujifilm is now applying these technologies to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases in the Medical and Life Science fields. Fujifilm is also expanding growth in the highly functional materials business, including flat panel display materials, and in the graphic systems and optical devices businesses. 

About Fujifilm in Europe

Nowadays Fujifilm entities operate in over 50 group companies in Europe and employ more than 5,000 people engaged in R&D, manufacturing, sales, and service support. Throughout Europe they serve a range of industries including medical, chemical, graphic arts, electronic materials, optics, recording media, motion picture, and photographic technologies. FUJIFILM Europe GmbH  (Duesseldorf, Germany) acts as Strategic Headquarters for the region and supports its group companies in Europe by formulating marketing and corporate strategies.