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The
following information is true and accurate
at the time of publication.
June
22, 2004



Sony Appoints Members of the Board, Corporate
Executive Officers, Executive Officers
and Group Executive Officers
Tokyo,
Japan - Sony Corporation announced
the appointment of members to its Board
of Directors following approval at the
87th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
that took place today, along with the company's
Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairmen of
the Board, Chairmen and Members of the
Nominating, Compensation and Audit Committees,
Representative Corporate Executive Officers,
Corporate Executive Officers, Executive
Officers, and Group Executive Officers
appointed at a Meeting of the Board of
Directors held after the above mentioned
General Meeting of Shareholders.
< Members of the Board >
| Nobuyuki
Idei |
|
| Kunitake Ando |
|
| Teruo Masaki |
|
| Howard Stringer |
|
| Ken Kutaragi |
|
| Teruhisa Tokunaka |
|
| Göran
Lindahl |
|
| Akihisa Ohnishi |
|
| Iwao Nakatani |
Director of
Research, UFJ Institute Ltd., President,
Tama University |
| 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 |
Executive
Adviser, The Tokio Marine and Fire
Insurance Co., Ltd. |
| Yotaro Kobayashi |
Chairman of
the Board, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. |
| Carlos Ghosn |
President
and Chief Executive Officer, Nissan
Motor Co., Ltd. |
| Sakie T. Fukushima |
Representative
Director & Regional Managing
Director-Japan, Korn/Ferry International
Member, Board of Directors, Korn/Ferry
International, U.S.A
|
| Yoshihiko
Miyauchi |
Director,
Representative Executive Officer,
Chairman and Group Chief Executive
Officer, ORIX Corporation |
| Yoshiaki Yamauchi |
Director,
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group,
Inc. |
| <Chairman
of the Board and Vice Chairmen
of the Board> |
| Chairman of
the Board |
Iwao Nakatani |
| Vice Chairmen
of the Board |
Hirobumi Kawano,
Teruo Masaki |
| <Chairman
and Members of the Committees> |
| Nominating
Committee |
| |
Yotaro Kobayashi
(Chairman), Hirobumi Kawano, Carlos
Ghosn, Nobuyuki Idei, Kunitake
Ando |
| Compensation
Committee |
| |
Akishige Okada
(Chairman), Yoshihiko Miyauchi,
Teruo Masaki |
| Audit
Committee |
| |
Yoshiaki Yamauchi
(Chairman), Sakie T. Fukushima,
Akihisa Ohnishi |
Corporate
Executive Officers (*
concurrent with Director)
|
| <Representative
Corporate Executive Officers> |
| Chairman |
Nobuyuki
Idei* |
Group
CEO |
| President |
Kunitake Ando* |
Global Hub
President,
Officer in charge of Personal Solutions
Business Group
|
| <Corporate
Executive Officers> |
| Vice
Chairman |
Howard
Stringer* |
COO
(in charge of Entertainment Business
Group),
Sony Group Americas Representative
|
| Executive
Deputy President |
Shizuo Takashino |
COO (in charge
of IT & Mobile Solutions Network Company and Professional Solutions Network Company)
|
| Executive
Deputy President |
Ken Kutaragi* |
COO (in charge
of Game Business Group,
Home Electronics Network Company,
Semiconductor Solutions Network Company
(SSNC)),
NC President, SSNC
|
| Executive
Deputy President |
Teruo Masaki* |
Group General
Counsel |
| Executive
Deputy President |
Katsumi Ihara |
Group CSO&CFO |
| Executive
Deputy President |
Ryoji Chubachi |
COO (in charge
of Micro Systems Network Company (MSNC) and EMCS), NC President, MSNC |
| Senior Executive
Vice President |
Keiji Kimura |
NC President,
IT & Mobile Solutions Network
Company
|
| Executive
Vice President |
Tsutomu Niimura |
NC President,
Home Electronics Network Company |
| Executive
Vice President |
Fujio Nishida |
Officer in
charge of Marketing and Corporate
Communications
|
| Senior Vice
President |
Takao Yuhara |
Officer in
charge of Finance and Investor
Relations |
| Senior Vice
President |
Nobuyuki Oneda |
Officer in
charge of TR60, Corporate Planning & Control,
Accounting and Information Systems |
| Senior Vice
President |
Yasunori Kirihara |
Officer in
charge of Corporate Human Resources
|
| Corporate
Executive Officer |
Nicole Seligman |
Group Deputy
General Counsel |
<Executive
Officers>
(* promoted ** newly appointed ***change
from Group Executive Officers to
Executive Officers ) |
| Katsuaki
Tsurushima |
Senior
Executive Vice President
Corporate Laboratories |
| Teruaki Aoki |
Senior Executive
Vice President
Technology Alliance, Intellectual
Property |
| Kenichiro
Yonezawa |
Senior Executive
Vice President
Corporate General Affairs, External
Relations |
| Mitsuru Ohki |
Executive
Vice President
NC President, Professional Solutions
Network Company |
| Takeo Minomiya |
Executive
Vice President
Electronics Co-CQO, Global Professional
Solutions |
| Masayuki Nozoe |
Executive
Vice President
President of Sony Broadband Entertainment
Japan,
FeliCa Business Center |
| Yoshio Nishi |
Executive
Vice President, Corporate Research
Fellow
CTO of Materials Technology |
| Yutaka Nakagawa |
Executive
Vice President
Deputy President, Micro Systems Network
Company (MSNC),
President, Energy Company, MSNC |
| Tetsujiro
Kondoh |
Executive
Vice President President, A-cubed Research Center, Professional Solutions Network Company |
| Yoshihide
Nakamura* |
Executive
Vice President
Intellectual Property |
| Eiji Kishi*** |
Executive
Vice President
President, Personal Solutions Business
Group |
| Takeo Eguchi |
Senior Vice
President
President, e-Print Company, IT& Mobile
Solutions Network Company |
| Masao Morita*** |
Senior Vice
President
Brand Strategy |
| Kiyoshi Nishitani |
Senior Vice
President
Deputy President, Home Electronics
Network Company (HENC),
President, Home Electronics Development
Group, HENC |
| Shigeo Kubota |
Senior Vice
President, Corporate Research Fellow
CTO of Device Technology |
| Akira Iga |
Senior Vice President , Corporate Research Fellow
CTO of Information Technology |
| Norihisa Shirota* |
Senior Vice
President, Corporate Research Fellow
CTO of Home Electronics |
| Yoshihiro
Taya* |
Senior Vice
President
CFO, IT & Mobile Solutions Network
Company,
CFO, Professional Solutions Network
Company |
| Takashi Fukushima* |
Senior Vice
President Deputy President, IT & Mobile Solutions Network Company (IMNC),
President, Personal Audio Company,
IMNC |
| Kenshi Manabe** |
Senior Vice
President
CTO of Semiconductor Technology |
| Kozo Kaminaga |
Vice President
In charge of Chief R&D Strategy,
Customer Service in Professional Solutions Network Company |
| Kazuo Yamagiwa |
Vice President
President, Semiconductor Technology
Development Group, Semiconductor Solutions Network Company |
| Hiromasa Otsuka |
Vice President
Deputy President, Personal Solutions
Business Group (PSBG),
President, PSBG Network Service Center,
PSBG |
| Yoshinori
Onoue |
Vice President
President, Broadband Communication
Company, Professional Solutions Network Company |
| Shoji Nemoto |
Vice President
President, Personal Video Company, IT & Mobile Solutions Network
Company |
| Takashi
Hayashi |
Vice President
Environmental and Recycling Affairs |
| Osamu Kumagai |
Vice President
President, Device Solutions Company, Micro Systems Network Company |
| Makoto Kogure |
Vice President
President, TV Group, Home Electronics
Network Company |
| Takao Hiramoto |
Vice President
Deputy President, Home Electronics
Development Group, Home Electronics Network Company |
| Yoshinori
Yamamoto |
Vice President
President, Audio Group, Home Electronics
Network Company |
| Masataka Kawashima** |
Vice President
Global Audit |
| Tadashi Saito** |
Vice President
Corporate Strategy |
| Tomoyuki Suzuki** |
Vice President
President, Imaging Device Group, Semiconductor Solutions Network Company |
| Masaaki Tsuruta** |
Vice President
President, SoC Group, Semiconductor Solutions Network Company |
| New
Group Executive Officers |
| Kazutomo Enomoto |
President,
Representative Director, Sony Music
Entertainment Inc. |
| Teruhisa Tokunaka |
President,
Representative Director, Sony Financial
Holdings Inc. |
| Keiji Nakazawa |
Representative
Director and CFO, S-LCD Corporation |
| Miles Flint |
President,
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications
AB |
| Michael Lynton |
Chairman and
CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment,
Inc. |
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