December 20, 2019
News Release
Company: Olympus Corporation
Director, Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO: Yasuo Takeuchi(Code: 7733, First Section, Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Contact: Takaaki Sakurai, Vice President, Investor Relations
Notification with new appointment of the Executive Officers
Olympus Corporation announced that the Board of Directors held today its recommendation for new appointments ofthe executive officers. It is scheduled to be decided formally in the Board of Directors at the end of March 2020.
1. Names and titles of new and old executive officers(1) New Executive Officer
Name

Current Position

Position after April 1

Regional Representative Officer, Americas
Therapeutic Solutions Division Head

Executive Officer
COO

Akihiro Taguchi

Executive Officer
COO

Executive Officer
CTO

Chikashi Takeda－Executive Officer
CFO

Nacho Abia

(2) Retiring Executive Officer
Name

Current Position

Haruo Ogawa

Executive Officer
CTO

Yasushi Sakai

Executive Officer
CFO

2．CVs of new Executive Officers
Nacho Abia
Date of Birth:

August 3, 1968

Profiles:January 1994

Product Manager, GCI Distribution

March 1996

Senior Product Manager, Tech Data España S.L.U.

August 1997

Divion Manager Personal entertainment divion, Sony España
South European Marketing Manager Digital Imaging division, SonyEurope Limited,Managing Director Iberia Region, Olympus Spain S.A.(currentlyOlympus Iberia S.A.U)
Managing Director Imaging Division, Olympus Europa GmbH(currently Olympus Europa SE & Co.KG)
President, Olympus Imaging America Inc.

June 2000
June 2001
March 2008
March 20111

July 2013

President & CEO, Olympus Corporation of the Americas (present)

April 2017

Corporate Officer, Olympus (present)
Regional Representative Officer Americas, Olympus (present)
Therapeutic Solutions Division Head, Olympus (present)
Executive Officer, Olympus (plan)
Chief Operating Officer, Olympus (plan)

April 2019
April 2020

Akihiro Taguchi
Date of Birth:January 26, 1958

Profiles:April 1980

Joined the Company

April 2009

Division Manager, R&D Div. 2, Olympus Medical Systems Corp.

June 2010

Executive Officer, the Company Director, Member of the Board,
Olympus Medical Systems Corp
Senior Executive Managing Officer, the Company, President, Olympus
Medical Systems Corp
Head of Sales Group, the Company Business Management Officer ofMedical Business, the Company,
Director, Member of the Board, Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
Director, the Company
Head of Sales and Marketing Group, the Company

April 2012
April 2015

June 2015
April 2016
April 2019
April 2020

Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, the Company (present)
President, Olympus Medical Systems Corp (present)
Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer, the Company (plan)

Chikashi Takeda
Date of Birth:

October 6, 1962

Profiles:April 1985
April 2014
April 2016

April 2017
April 2020

Joined Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Japan (Currently Astellas
Pharma Inc.)
Corporate Executive
Vice President, Head of Corporate Planning Japan, Astellas Pharma Inc.
Corporate Executive
Vice President, Head of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis
Japan, Astellas Pharma Inc.
CFO and Interim Head of Global Procurement Japan, Astellas Pharma
Inc.
Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, the Company (plan)2