Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation today announced the following executive appointments.
Effective April 1, 2022
<Directors / Statutory Auditor>
- Kimio Maki
- Representative Director
- Kenichiro Yoshida
- Chairman
- Ichiro Takagi
- Vice Chairman
- Hiroki Totoki
- Shigeki Ishizuka
- Toru Katsumoto
- Hirotoshi Korenaga
- Statutory Auditor
<Corporate Executives>
[ Executives of equal rank are listed in order of appointment / changes to titles or areas of responsibility are underlined ]
- Kimio Maki
- President and CEO
- Kazuo Kii
- Executive Deputy President
President, Home Entertainment & Sound Products Business Group
Officer in charge of Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality, CS and Design Reform Promotion, Sales & Marketing
- Yoshinori Matsumoto
- Executive Deputy President
President, New Business & Technology Development Group
Officer in charge of Engineering Platform, Co-creation Strategy & Development, Technology Policy and Relations
Deputy President, R&D Center, Sony Group Corporation (concurrent)
- Hiroshi Kawano
- Executive Vice President
President, Service Business Group*1
Officer in charge of Brand
- Yuichi Oshima
(Promoted)
- Executive Vice President and CFO
In charge of Information Systems, Information Security and Logistics
- Masaru Tamagawa
- Senior Vice President
Support for Global Sales & Marketing Area
- Hideyuki Furumi
- Senior Vice President
President, Sony Europe B.V.
- Masaaki Kojima
- Senior Vice President
In charge of Environmental Matters
- Shigeru Kumekawa
- Senior Vice President
Representative Director and President, Sony Marketing Inc.
- Hiroshi Takahashi
- Senior Vice President
Sony Group China Deputy Representative
Chairman, Sony (China) Co., Ltd
- Mami Imada
- Senior Vice President
In charge of Corporate Communications, External Relations and Sustainability
- Kenji Tanaka
- Senior Vice President
President, Imaging Products & Solutions Business Group
President, Mobile Communications Business Group
- Hiroshi Yamamoto
- Senior Vice President
In charge of Human Resources and General Affairs
- Fumiatsu Hirai
(Newly appointed)
- Senior Vice President
Global Sales & Marketing Officer
- *1Service Business Group is responsible for Sports business, FeliCa business and Sony PCL.
Executives to Retire
(as of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Sony Corporation to be held in June 2022)
<Directors>
- Ichiro Takagi
- Vice Chairman
- Shigeki Ishizuka
- Toru Katsumoto
<Corporate Executives>
- Masaru Tamagawa
- Senior Vice President
Support for Global Sales & Marketing Area
- Hiroshi Takahashi
- Senior Vice President
Sony Group China Deputy Representative
Chairman, Sony (China) Co., Ltd
