Olympus announced the appointment of several U.S.-based Company leaders to senior-level global positions. The promotions, effective April 1, 2019. 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 "Tomo" 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. Mr. 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. Mr. Miller will also serve as the Regional Head of Communications for the Americas. The leaders promoted 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. Nacho Abia appointed to his current position, which oversees the Company's activities throughout North and South America, in 2015 and is also a member of OCA's Board of Directors and of the Global Executive Committee of Olympus in Tokyo. Richard Lebitz promoted to Global Chief Internal Audit Officer from his current role as Chief Risk Management Officer and Executive Director, Internal Audit at OCA. Reporting to the Olympus Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer of Olympus, he will be responsible for the transformation and optimization of Olympus' regional audit functions into one consolidated global audit group. Mark Miller is being promoted to Global Chief Communications Officer from his current role as Vice President of Corporate and Medical Communications of OCA. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer of Olympus, he will be responsible for the development, implementation, and optimization of global and regional communications strategies that encompass a unified, worldwide approach to meet corporate and business objectives. Prior to joining Olympus in 2009, he led domestic and global advertising, bra nding, and communications efforts for brands in several industries, including MetLife, Alcatel-Lucent, and Texaco.