Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation announced the appointment of members to its Board of Directors following approval at the 88th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders that took place today, along with the company's Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, Chairmen and Members of the Nominating, Compensation and Audit Committees, Representative Corporate Executive Officers, Corporate Executive Officers, Corporate Executives, and Group Executives appointed at a Meeting of the Board of Directors held after the above mentioned General Meeting of Shareholders.
<Members of the Board > (*Independent Director)
The Board Members are as follows. Four new Board Members have been selected (**).
| Howard Stringer | |
| Ryoji Chubachi(**) | |
| Katsumi Ihara(**) | |
| Akishige Okada* | Chairman of the Board (Representative Director), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., Chairman of the Board (Representative Director), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation |
| Hirobumi Kawano* | Senior Vice President, JFE Steel Corporation |
| Yotaro Kobayashi* | Chairman of the Board, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. |
| Representative Director & Regional Managing Director-Japan, Korn/Ferry International Member, Board of Directors, Korn/Ferry International, U.S.A |
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| Yoshihiko Miyauchi* | Director, Representative Executive Officer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ORIX Corporation |
| Yoshiaki Yamauchi* | Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. |
| Peter Bonfield* (**) | Member of the Board, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson |
| Fueo Sumita* (**) | Chief of Sumita Accounting Office |
| Göran Lindahl |
<Chairman of the Board and Vice Chairman of the Board >
| Chairman of the Board | Yotaro Kobayashi |
| Vice Chairman of the Board | Hirobumi Kawano |
<Chairmen and Members of the Committees>
Nominating Committee
Yotaro Kobayashi (Chairman)
Compensation Committee
Akishige Okada (Chairman)
Audit Committee
Yoshiaki Yamauchi (Chairman)
<Corporate Executive Officers >
Representative Corporate Executive Officers(* concurrent with Director)
| Howard Stringer* | Chairman and CEO |
| Ryoji Chubachi* | President and Electronics CEO |
| Katsumi Ihara* | Executive Deputy President, NC President of Home Electronics Network Company |
Corporate Executive Officers(** Newly Appointed)
| Nobuyuki Oneda | EVP and CFO |
| Keiji Kimura | EVP, Officer in charge of Technology Strategies, NC President of Information Technology &Communications Network Company |
| Nicole Seligman | EVP and General Counsel |
| EVP, NC President of Personal Audio Visual Network Company |
<Corporate Executives > (** Newly Appointed)
Executive Deputy President
Shizuo Takashino
Executive Vice President
Mitsuru Ohki
NC President of Professional Solutions Network Company (PSNC)
Eiji Kishi
President of Personal Solutions Business Group (PSBG)
Akira Kubota
NC President of Micro Systems Network Company (MSNC)
Corporate Laboratories
Fujio Nishida
Electronics Marketing
Kenshi Manabe
NC President of Semiconductor Solutions Network Company (SSNC)
Senior Vice President
| Akira Iga | President of Information Technologies Laboratories |
| Hiromu Inoue | President of Energy Company, MSNC |
| Takeo Eguchi | Environmental Affairs In charge of Printer Business of PSNC |
| Hiromasa Otsuka | Deputy President of PSBG |
| Yoshinori Onoue | Deputy President of PSNC |
| Hidenosuke Kanai** | Senior Vice President of Planning & Control Division, Home Electronics Network Company (HENC) |
| Internal Audit | |
| Yasunori Kirihara | Electronics Human Resources and Corporate Workplace Solutions |
| Shigeo Kubota | President of Core Technology Development Group, MSNC |
| Osamu Kumagai | President of Device Solutions Company, MSNC |
| Makoto Kogure | President of TV Group, HENC |
| Tetsujiro Kondoh | President of A-cubed Research Center, PSNC |
| Tadashi Saito | Deputy President of SSNC |
| Norihisa Shirota | President of Research & Development Group, SSNC |
| Tomoyuki Suzuki | President of Imaging Device Business Group, SSNC |
| Masaaki Tsuruta | President of SoC Business Group, SSNC |
| Masao Tomioka | Production Strategy |
| Intellectual Property | |
| Kiyoshi Nishitani | Deputy President of HENC |
| Shoji Nemoto | President of Digital Imaging Business Group, Personal Audio Visual Network Company |
| Shinji Hanatani** | Deputy President of PSNC |
| Naofumi Hara** | Corporate Communications and External Relations |
| Takashi Fukushima | Network Company |
| Kunitaka Fujita** | Group Human Resources |
| Masao Morita | Brand and Creative Center |
| Yoshinori Yamamoto | President of Audio Group, HENC |
| Takao Yuhara | Investor Relations |
< New Group Executives >
| EVP and CFO, Sony Corporation of America, |
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| Hiroshi Yoshioka |
<Corporate Executive Officers and Executive Officers Retired >
| Nobuyuki Idei | Chief Corporate Advisor (Currently Chairman and Group CEO, Representative Corporate Executive Officer) |
| Kunitake Ando | Advisor (Currently President, Representative Corporate Executive Officer) |
| Teruo Masaki | Advisor (Currently Executive Deputy President and Group General Counsel, Corporate Executive Officer) |
| Teruaki Aoki | Advisor (Currently Senior Executive Vice President, Executive Officer, In charge of Technology Alliance, Intellectual Property) |
| Advisor (Currently Senior Executive Vice President, Executive Officer, In charge of Corporate General Affairs, External Relations) | |
| Takeo Minomiya | Advisor (Currently Executive Vice President, Executive Officer, In charge of Global Professional Solutions) |
| Masayuki Nozoe | Advisor (Currently Executive Vice President, Executive Officer, Deputy President of PSBG, President of Sony Broadband Entertainment Japan, PSBG) |
| Yoshio Nishi | Advisor (Currently Executive Vice President, Executive Officer, CTO of Materials Technology) |
| Kazuo Yamagiwa | Advisor (Currently Vice President, Executive Officer, President of Semiconductor Development Group, SSNC) |
| Takeshi Matsunobu | Advisor (Currently Group Executive Officer,President and Representative Director, Sony Finance International) |
| Yoshihiro Taya | Counselor (Currently Senior Vice President, Executive Officer, In charge of Procurement and Logistics) |
| Kozo Kaminaga | Counselor (Currently Vice President, Executive Officer, In charge of External Relations of Global Professional Solutions) |
| Takao Hiramoto | Counselor (Currently Vice President, Executive Officer, Deputy President of Home Electronics Development Group, HENC) |
