On May 2, the NTN Americas Region held a brief ceremony its Mount Prospect, Illinois, headquarters to express its appreciation to outgoing CEO Tetsuya Sogo and welcome incoming CEO Katsuaki Miyake.

Sogo, senior executive officer of NTN Corp., is repatriating to Japan next week for his new appointment to the position of corporate general manager of NTN financial headquarters in Osaka.

Succeeding Sogo is Miyake, executive officer of NTN Corp. Miyake joined NTN in 1988 and has held successive roles in production and manufacturing during his tenure. Most recently, Miyake was president of the NTN Iwata Works in Japan and also deputy corporate general manager of the automotive headquarters.

“We’d like to express our appreciation to Mr. Sogo for his leadership as our CEO since 2013. His contributions led to significant growth in our revenue, profit and expansion of our operations in the Americas,” said Pete Tully, vice president and chief human resources officer for the NTN Americas Region. “We wish Mr. Sogo success in his new assignment in Japan and welcome Mr. Miyake as the new CEO of the NTN Americas Region.”