Olympus Corporation announced that the Board of Directors held on December 20, 2019 its recommendation for new appointments of the executive officers. It is scheduled to be decided formally in the Board of Directors at the end of March 2020. The company announced that Nacho Abia, currently Regional Representative Officer, Americas Therapeutic Solutions Division Head will be Executive Officer, COO, Akihiro Taguchi, currently Executive Officer, COO will be Executive Officer and CTO and Chikashi Takeda is appointed as Executive Officer and CFO.

The company also announced that Haruo Ogawa, Executive Officer, CTO and Yasushi Sakai, Executive Officer, CFO are retiring from their positions.