Hariharan joined Canon Middle East and Türkiye in 2006 and assumed his current role in 2021. Canon Middle East and Türkiye account for nearly a third of EMEA sales. This makes it the largest market among its developing regions in terms of business unit sales under EMEA operations. Hariharan previously worked at Sony Electronics and Unilever and was a B2C business unit director for Middle Eat. He also serves on the boards for Canon direct operations, including Canon Emirates, Canon Saudi Arabia, and Canon Qatar.