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The following information is true and accurate at the time of publication.
April 27, 2001
Sony Announces Executive- Level Changes in Management
(Tokyo, Japan)
Sony Corporation today announced executive-level changes in management
for Directors, Statutory Auditors, Corporate Executive Officers and Group
Executive Officers. The changes were proposed by the Nominating Committee
and approved today at a Board of Directors' Meeting. The new appointments
of Directors and Statutory Auditors are subject to approval at the Ordinary
General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 21, 2001.
1) New Board of Directors candidate
| Göran Lindahl |
(former President and CEO,
ABB) |
2) Resigning Director from Sony Corporation Board
| Tamotsu Iba |
(to be named Advisor, Sony
Corporation, continues as Chairman, Sony Bank Inc.) |
3) New Statutory Auditor candidate
| Masasuke Ohmori |
(former Director-General,
Cabinet Legislation Bureau, current Visiting Professor at Waseda
University School of Law, Attorney) |
4) Resigning Statutory Auditor
5) New Corporate Executive Officers (effective June 21, 2001)
| Kazuo Yamagiwa |
Corporate Vice President
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| (current President, Mixed
Signal Device Co., Semiconductor Network Company) |
| Hiroyuki Matsumoto |
Corporate Vice President |
| (current President, Imaging
Device Co., Semiconductor Network Company) |
| Mitsuru Inaba |
Corporate Vice President |
| (current Senior General
Manager, Creative Center) |
6)Resigning Corporate Executive Officers (effective June 21, 2001)
| Tamotsu Iba |
Vice Chairman |
| (to be named Advisor,
Sony Corporation, continues as Chairman, Sony Bank Inc.) |
| Junichi Kodera |
Executive Deputy President |
| (to be named Advisor, Sony
Corporation, continues as Chairman, Sony Marketing (Japan), Inc.) |
| Kenichi Oyama |
Corporate Senior Executive
Vice President |
| (continues as President,
Sony Human Capital Corporation) |
| Tsugio Makimoto |
Corporate Research Fellow
(Corporate Senior Executive Vice President) |
| (to be named, Advisor,
Sony Corporation, continues as CTO, Semiconductor Network Company) |
| Sumio Sano |
Corporate Executive Vice
President |
| (to be named Advisor, Sony
Corporation, continues as supervising officer for Corporate Environmental
Affairs) |
| Mitsuyuki Watanabe |
Corporate Executive Vice
President |
| (to be named Advisor, Sony
Corporation, to be appointed Chairman of Sony Precision Technology
Inc. [May 1, 2001] |
| Yukio Kubota |
Corporate Senior Vice President |
| (to be named as Counsellor, Sony Corporation) |
| Jun Takayama |
Corporate Research Fellow
(Corporate Vice President) |
| (to be named as Counsellor,
Sony Corporation) |
7) New Group Executive Officer (effective May 1, 2001)
| Kenji Kitatani |
Current Advisor, Sony Corporation, to be named as Executive Vice President, Sony Corporation of America [May 1, 2001] |
Sony Announces Göran Lindahl as Candidate for Appointment to
the Board of Directors
Sony Corporation has chosen Göran Lindahl, former president and CEO
of ABB, as a candidate for the Sony Board of Directors. The appointment
is scheduled for ratification at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
to be held on June 21, 2001. The Sony Board of Directors will therefore
consist of 12 persons (including 4 external directors) as of June 21,
2001.
As president and CEO of ABB, Mr. Lindahl made remarkable contributions
in reorganizing the operations and structure of this European company
as it pursued global business expansion.
Mr. Lindahl has rich experience in devising organizational structures
that permit speedy and flexible management even within a large corporation.
He is also deeply knowledgeable about integrating diverse business operations
and geographical areas into a unified corporate culture. As Sony develops
its own global operations for a new era, Mr. Lindahl's wisdom and advice
will prove invaluable.
Göran Lindahl Profile
Nationality: Swedish
1971 - Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Chalmers University
of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden (Honorary Doctorate Degree from Chalmers
University of Gothenburg awarded in 1993)
- 1971 - ASEA Ludvika, Sweden
- High-Voltage Direct Current Division
Manager, High-Voltage Testing Laboratory
Manager, Marketing and Sales for Transformers
1983 - 1986 - President of various ASEA companies
1986 - Executive Vice President, ASEA AB
- 1988 - Executive Vice President, ABB Asea Brown Boveri
- Responsible for the power transmission segment
1997 - President and Chief Executive Officer, ABB Asea Brown Boveri (resigned
December 2000)
* ABB Asea Brown Boveri changed its name to ABB in 1998
Since 1985 also responsible for various geographical areas (Middle East,
Africa, Indian subcontinent, Central and Eastern Europe), and from 1993
focused on building up ABB's operations throughout Asia.
- 1999 - Member of the Board of DuPont, USA
- Member of the Board of Ericsson, Sweden
Member of the International Advisory Board of Salomon Smith Barney
International, USA
Previously a member of various Boards including ABB, Atlas Copco and SAAB.
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