Sony Group Corporation Executive Changes
03/29/2023
Tokyo, Japan – Sony Group Corporation today announced the following executive changes.
As of April 1, 2023
< Executive Appointments*1> [Executives of equal rank are listed in order of appointment/ changes from the February 2, 2023 announcement are specified as new roles]
Kenichiro Yoshida --- Chairman and CEO
Representative Corporate Executive Officer
Hiroki Totoki --- President, COO and CFO
Representative Corporate Executive Officer
Toshimoto Mitomo --- Executive Deputy President and CSO
Corporate Executive Officer
Officer in charge of Intellectual Property, Business Strategy, Business Development and Business Incubation Platform
Terushi Shimizu --- Senior Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Imaging & Sensing Solutions Business
Representative Director, President and CEO, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
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 Services 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 & CEO, Representative Director, Sony Financial Group Inc.
Kimio Maki --- Senior Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Entertainment, Technology & Services Business
Representative Director, President and CEO, Sony Corporation
Shiro Kambe --- Senior Executive Vice President
Corporate Executive Officer
Officer in charge of Legal, Compliance, Privacy, Corporate Communications, Brand, Sustainability, External Relations, Quality Management (New role added), and the Board Secretariat
Kazushi Ambe --- Senior Executive Vice President
Corporate Executive Officer
Officer in charge of Human Resources and General Affairs, Lead of Group Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and the Corporate Executive Office Sony Group China Representative
Hiroaki Kitano --- Senior Executive Vice President and CTO Corporate Executive Officer
Officer in charge of R&D and AI Collaboration
President and CEO, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.
Representative Director and CEO, Sony Research Inc.*2
Tsuyoshi Kodera*3 --- Executive Vice President
CDO (Chief Digital Officer)
Officer in charge of Digital Transformation Strategy, Information Systems, and Information Security
Makoto Toyoda*4 --- Senior Vice President
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Senior General Manager, Corporate IT Division, DX Platform*5
Naomi Matsuoka --- Senior Vice President
In charge of Corporate Planning and Control (Game & Network Services Business, Music Business, Pictures Business and Financial Services Business) and Lead of Group Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Support for Finance Business and Entertainment Area
Karen L. Halby --- Senior Vice President
In charge of Global Tax
Executive Vice President, Sony Corporation of America
Hirotoshi Korenaga --- Senior Vice President
In charge of Accounting
Hisashi Tamai --- Senior Vice President
In charge of R&D, and Quality Management, and Business Incubation Platform (New role added)
President, Technology Infrastructure Center*6
Mark E. Khalil --- Senior Vice President
President, Sony Corporation of America
Sadahiko Hayakawa --- Senior Vice President In charge of Finance and IR Senior General Manager, Finance Department
Naoya Horii (Newly Appointed) --- Senior Vice President In charge of Corporate Planning and Control (Entertainment, Technology & Services Business and Imaging & Sensing Solutions Business), Disc Manufacturing Business and Storage Media Business Senior General Manager, Corporate Planning and Control
Kaori Takezawa (Newly Appointed) --- Senior Vice President In charge of Legal, Compliance, and Privacy Senior General Manager, Legal Department Senior General Manager, Compliance & Privacy Department
Yasuhiro Ito (Newly Appointed) --- Senior Vice President In charge of Human Resources
*1 Scheduled as of March 29, 2023.
*2 Sony AI plans to change its company name to Sony Research Inc. as of April 1, 2023.
*3 Tsuyoshi Kodera will be concurrently appointed to Chief Information Officer (CIO) as of July 1, 2023.
*4 Makoto Toyoda will retire as Senior Vice President, Sony Group Corporation as of June 30, 2023.
*5 Corporate IT Division, DX Platform to be newly established as of April 1, 2023.
*6 The R&D Center, Sony Group Corporation plans to be reorganized to Technology Infrastructure Center as of April 1, 2023.
< Executives to retire>
Shigeki Ishizuka --- Vice Chairman
Officer in charge of Disc Manufacturing Business, Storage Media Business and Quality Management
Natsuko Takei --- Executive Vice President Officer in charge of Legal, Compliance, and Privacy Senior General Manager, Legal Department
Izumi Kawanishi*7 --- Executive Vice President Officer in charge of Mobility Business
Shugo Yamaguchi*8 --- Senior Vice President
In charge of Mobility Business
*7: Continues as Representative Director, President and COO, Sony Honda Mobility Inc.
*8: Continues as Director and Deputy President, Sony Honda Mobility Inc.
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