Executive Appointments (effective April 1, 2021)

Tokyo, Japan – As announced in May, 2020, the Sony Group will implement a series of changes to its organizational structure, effective April 1, 2021, and the new Sony Corporation will be established to oversee its electronics business (the Electronics Products & Solutions segment in Sony's current financial disclosure). The executive structure for the new company is outlined below.

Following this realignment, Sony Corporation executives currently in key positions within core Sony Group businesses will be positioned as executives of their operating companies, and will continue to strive to create value in each business.

Sony Corporation

<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>

Kimio Maki

President and CEO

Kazuo Kii

Executive Deputy President
President, Home Entertainment & Sound Products Business Group
President, TV Business Group
Officer in charge of Manufacturing, Procurement, Engineering Platform and Sales & Marketing

Yoshinori Matsumoto

Executive Deputy President
President, New Business & Technology Development Group
Deputy President, Home Entertainment & Sound Products Business Group
Officer in charge of Technology Policy and Relations

Hiroshi Kawano

Executive Vice President
President, Service Business Group*1
Officer in charge of Brand

Mitsuya Kishida

Executive Vice President
President, Mobile Communications Business Group

Masaru Tamagawa

Senior Vice President
Global Sales & Marketing Officer
Representative Director and Chairman, Sony Marketing Inc.

Hideyuki Furumi

Senior Vice President
President, Sony Europe B.V.

Hidehiko Teshirogi

Senior Vice President
Senior General Manager, Advanced Technology Management, New Business & Technology Development Group

Masaaki Kojima

Senior Vice President
In charge of Quality, CS and Design Reform Promotion
Director, Executive Deputy President,
Sony Global Manufacturing & Operations Corporation

Shigeru Kumekawa

Senior Vice President
Representative Director and President, Sony Marketing Inc.
Corporate Executive and President, Sony Marketing Japan

Hiroshi Takahashi

Senior Vice President
Sony Group China Deputy Representative
President, Sony (China) Co., Ltd

Yuichi Oshima

Senior Vice President and CFO
In charge of Information Systems, Information Security and Logistics

Mami Imada
(Newly appointed*2)

Senior Vice President
In charge of Corporate Communications, External Relations and Sustainability
[(Continues as) Senior General Manager, Corporate Communications Department,
Senior General Manager, Sustainability Department, Sony Group Corporation]

Kenji Tanaka
(Newly appointed*2)

Senior Vice President
President, Imaging Products & Solutions Business Group

Hiroshi Yamamoto
(Newly appointed*2)

Senior Vice President
In charge of Human Resources and General Affairs

• *1Service Business Group will be responsible for Sports business, FeliCa business and Sony PCL.
• *2The announcement of newly appointed Senior Vice Presidents is being made for the first time, and is in addition to the executive appointments announced on November 17th, 2020.

For reference:

Subsequent to the changes above, the executive structure at the new Sony Group Corporation (currently Sony Corporation) as of April 1, 2021 will be as follows.

Sony Group Corporation

Executives of equal rank are listed in order of appointment / changes to titles or areas of responsibility are underlined

Kenichiro Yoshida

Chairman, President and CEO
Representative Corporate Executive Officer

Hiroki Totoki

Executive Deputy President and CFO
Representative Corporate Executive Officer

Shigeki Ishizuka

Vice Chairman
Representative Corporate Executive Officer
Support for Electronics Businesses
Officer in charge of Quality Management

Toru Katsumoto

Executive Deputy President and CTO
Corporate Executive Officer
Officer in charge of R&D
Support for Medical Business
President, R&D Center

Terushi Shimizu

Senior Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Imaging & Sensing Solutions Business
Representative Director, President and CEO,
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
Representative Director and President,
Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
Representative Director and President, Sony LSI Design Inc.

Rob Stringer

Senior Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Music Business (Global)
Chairman, Sony Music Group
CEO, Sony Music Entertainment

Anthony Vinciquerra

Senior Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Pictures Business
Chairman and CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.

Jim Ryan

Senior Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Game & Network Service Business
President and CEO, Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
Representative Director and President, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Shunsuke Muramatsu

Senior Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Music Business (Japan)
President and Representative Director of the Board, CEO,
Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.

Jon Platt

Senior Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Music Publishing (Global)
Chairman and CEO, Sony Music Publishing

Masashi Oka

Senior Executive Vice President
President and CEO, Representative Director, Sony Financial Holdings, Inc.

Kimio Maki
(Newly Appointed)

Senior Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Electronics Products & Solutions Business
Representative Director, President and CEO, Sony Corporation

Shiro Kambe

Senior Executive Vice President
Corporate Executive Officer
Officer in charge of Legal, Compliance, Corporate Communications, Sustainability, External Relations and Privacy

Kazushi Ambe

Senior Executive Vice President
Corporate Executive Officer
Officer in charge of Human Resources and General Affairs

Tsuyoshi Kodera

Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Digital Transformation Strategy, Information Systems and Information Security

Toshimoto Mitomo

Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Intellectual Property and Business Incubation Platform
Sony Group China Representative
Senior General Manager, Startup Acceleration Division

Hiroaki Kitano

Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of AI Collaboration
President and CEO, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.
Representative Director and CEO, Sony AI Inc.

Masayuki Hattori

Senior Vice President
In charge of Research and Development, R&D Center

Natsuko Takei

Senior Vice President
In charge of Legal, Compliance and Privacy
Senior General Manager, Legal Department

Izumi Kawanishi

Senior Vice President
In charge of AI Robotics Business

Makoto Toyoda

Senior Vice President
CIO
President, Representative Director, Sony Global Solutions Inc.

Ryuji Omura

Senior Vice President
In charge of Technology Intelligence and Relations

Naomi Matsuoka

Senior Vice President
In charge of Corporate Planning and Control, Finance and IR

Karen L. Halby

Senior Vice President
Executive Vice President, Sony Corporation of America

Hirotoshi Korenaga

Senior Vice President
Senior General Manager, Global Accounting Division

Hisashi Tamai

Senior Vice President
In charge of System and Platform Technology Development,　　　　　　　　　　　　
Fundamental Technology Research and Development, R&D Center

<Executive Chief Engineers>

Teruo Hirayama

Strategic Assistant to Corporate Executive Officer in charge of R&D Center

Keiichiro Shimada

In charge of Technology Policy and Relations