Tokyo, Japan- Sony Corporation announced the appointment of members to its Board of Directors following approval at the 92nd 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 and Corporate Executive Officers 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. One new Board Member has been selected(**).
| Howard Stringer | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President |
| Ryoji Chubachi | Vice Chairman |
| Nobuyuki Oneda(**) | Executive Deputy President and Chief Financial Officer |
| Yotaro Kobayashi* | Former Chairman of the Board, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. |
| Representative Director & Chairman, Korn/Ferry International - Japan |
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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* | Chairman of the Supervisory Board, NXP B.V. |
| Fueo Sumita* | Chief of Sumita Accounting Office |
| Fujio Cho* | Chairman of the Board, Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Ryuji Yasuda* | Professor, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, |
| Yukako Uchinaga* | Director and Vice Chairman, Benesse Corporation Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President, Berlitz International, Inc. |
| Mitsuaki Yahagi* | Chairman of the Board, The Japan Research Institute, Limited |
| Tsun-Yan Hsieh* | Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Company |
| Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Telemundo Group, Inc. |
<Chairman of the Board and Vice Chairman of the Board>
| Yotaro Kobayashi | |
<Chair and Members of the Committees>
| Yotaro Kobayashi | |
| Yoshihiko Miyauchi, Peter Bonfield, Fujio Cho, Yukako Uchinaga, Roland A. Hernandez, Howard Stringer, Ryoji Chubachi |
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| Sakie T. Fukushima | |
| Mitsuaki Yahagi, Tsun-Yan Hsieh | |
| Yoshiaki Yamauchi | |
| Fueo Sumita, Ryuji Yasuda |
<Corporate Executive Officers>
Representative Corporate Executive Officers
(* concurrent with Director)
| Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President | |
| Ryoji Chubachi* | Vice Chairman Officer in charge of Product Quality & Safety and Environmental Affairs |
| Nobuyuki Oneda* | Executive Deputy President and Chief Financial Officer |
Corporate Executive Officers
| Yutaka Nakagawa | Executive Deputy President |
| Executive Deputy President Officer in charge of Consumer Products & Devices Group(CPDG) |
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| Keiji Kimura | EVP B2B solutions business and the Disc Manufacturing business |
| Nicole Seligman | EVP and General Counsel |
| Kazuo Hirai | EVP |
