Olympus Corporation announced that the Board of Directors held has tentatively decided to change the executive officers as described below. It is scheduled to be decided formally in the Board of Directors in March 2024 and to take effect on April 1, 2024. Reason for change is Due to further strengthen management structure based on succession plan. Seiji Kuramoto, Corporate Officer and Therapeutic Solutions Division Co-Head, as Executive Officer and Therapeutic Solutions Division Head. Tatsuya Izumi as Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Boris Shkolnik, Global Functional Head of Quality, as Executive Officer and Chief Quality Officer. Gabriela Kaynor will remain as Executive Officer and take the role of Chief Strategy Officer. Retiring executive officers: Chikashi Takeda as Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer; Nacho Abia as Executive Officer and Chief Strategy Officer; Pierre Boisier as Executive Officer and Chief Quality Officer. Seiji Kuramoto Career Summary: April 1988 Joined Olympus Corporation; April 2005 Vice President, Olympus Surgical & Industrial America Inc.; April 2008 Executive Director, Olympus America Inc.; April 2009 General manager of marketing for surgical, Olympus Medical Systems; May 2013 General manager of product planning, Sony Olympus Medical Solutions; July 2017 Executive Vice President and Representative Director, Sony Olympus Medical Solutions; April 2020 Senior Vice President, Endoscopic Solution GI Business Leader, Global, Olympus Corporation Senior Vice President, Endoscopic Solution Surgical Business Leader, Global, Olympus Corporation Director, Sony Olympus Medical Solutions; April 2021 Therapeutic Solutions Division Co-Head, Olympus Corporation (present); April 2022 Corporate Officer, Olympus Corporation (present); April 2024 Executive Officer and Therapeutic Solutions Division Head, Olympus Corporation (Plan). Tatsuya Izumi Career summary: April 1987 Joined ITOCHU Corporation; May 2006 General Manager, Planning & Control Department, Finance Division, ITOCHU Corporation; May 2010 Treasurer & General Manager, Finance Division, ITOCHU International Inc.; April 2013 CFO, ASEAN & South West Asia Bloc, ITOCHU Corporation; May 2016 CFO, Textile Company, ITOCHU Corporation; April 2019 Executive Officer, General Manager, General Accounting Control Division, ITOCHU Corporation; May 2021 Director, Managing Executive Officer, Chief Executive of Administration, NIPPON ACCESS, INC.; April 2022 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief Executive of Administration, NIPPON ACCESS, INC.; April 2024 Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Olympus Corporation (Plan). Boris Shkolnik Career Summary: March 1993 Joined Cordis; February 2003 Manager, Plant Quality Assurance, Cordis; March 2005 Senior Director, Quality Management, Becton, Dickinson and Company; August 2011 Worldwide Vice President, Quality Management, Becton, Dickinson and Company; August 2019 Senior Vice President, Quality Management, Medical Segment, Becton, Dickinson and Company; February 2022 Joined Olympus Corporation of the Americas Senior Vice President, Product Quality, Olympus Corporation; April 2023 Global Functional Head of Quality, Olympus Corporation (present) Director, Olympus Medical Systems Corporation (present); April 2024 Executive Officer and Chief Quality Officer, Olympus Corporation (Plan). New management team from April 1, 2024 Yasuo Takeuchi as Director, Representative Executive Officer, and Executive Chairman and ESG Officer; Stefan Kaufmann as Director, Representative Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer;
Frank Drewalowski as Executive Officer and Endoscopic Solutions Division Head; Seiji Kuramoto as Executive Officer and Therapeutic Solutions Division Head; Tatsuya Izumi Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer; Gabriela Kaynor Executive Officer and Chief Strategy Officer; Tetsuo Kobayashi Executive Officer and Chief Manufacturing and Supply Officer; André Roggan Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer; Boris Shkolnik Executive Officer and Chief Quality Officer; Shigeto Ohtsuki Executive Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer.