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Olympus Corporation promotes US-based company leaders to global roles

Olympus has appointed several US-based company leaders to senior-level global positions. The promotions, effective April 1, reflect the ongoing globalization of Olympus and underscore the company’s commitment to establishing a global management structure to drive growth and agility and maximize efficiencies across the company. Nacho Abia will assume the role of co-head of the newly created therapeutic solutions division in addition to his current position as President and Chief Executive Officer of Olympus Corporation of the Americas (OCA). In his new role, he will also be responsible for the new global business development function across all three core businesses – medical, scientific, and imaging. Tomohisa Sakurai, who has been named the other co-head of the therapeutic solutions business, moved to OCA’s Center Valley headquarters from Tokyo in the fall of 2018. Richard Lebitz has been appointed to serve as the global chief internal audit officer of Olympus. Lebitz is currently the executive director of internal audit for OCA. Mark Miller has been appointed to serve as the company’s global Chief Communications Officer. Miller will also serve as the Regional Head of Communications for the Americas.

Olympus has also made a variety of company-wide transformations, including the reorganization of its medical device business into two global divisions – endoscopic solutions and therapeutic solutions – in a way, that better aligns products and markets. The endoscopic solutions division, which has a longer product lifecycle, will continue to be managed from Japan. The therapeutic solutions division, which has a faster product lifecycle, will be managed from the US. In addition, this approach will bring the management of the therapeutics organization closer to the largest therapeutic device market with better access to the US medical industry cluster and its largest customers. The leaders promoted join Donna Miller and Caroline West who were elevated to global positions in 2016. Donna Miller serves currently as Olympus’ global general counsel, and Caroline West serves as the company’s global chief compliance officer.

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