Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation announced the appointment of members to its Board of Directors following approval at the 86th 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, 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.

Board of Directors* (newly appointed)

• Nobuyuki Idei
• Kunitake Ando
• Teruhisa Tokunaka
• Minoru Morio
• Teruo Masaki
• Howard Stringer
• Ken Kutaragi
• Göran Lindahl
• Akihisa Ohnishi*
  Currently Standing Statutory Auditor, Sony Corporation
• Iwao Nakatani
  Director of Research, UFJ Institute Ltd., President, Tama University
• Akishige Okada
  Chairman, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
  Chairman, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
• Hirobumi Kawano*
  Former Director-General of the Agency for Natural Resources & Energy
• 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 Member, Board of Directors, Korn/Ferry International
• Yoshihiko Miyauchi*
  Representative Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
  ORIX Corporation
• Yoshiaki Yamauchi*
  Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

Chairman of the Board and Deputy Chairmen of the Board

• Chairman of the Board
  Iwao Nakatani
• Deputy 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, Teruhisa Tokunaka

Audit Committee
Yoshiaki Yamauchi (Chairman), Sakie T. Fukushima, Akihisa Ohnishi

Executive Officers(* promoted ** newly appointed)

• Katsuaki Tsurushima
  Senior Executive Vice President
  Electronics CTO
• Teruaki Aoki*
  Senior Executive Vice President
  Technology Alliance Intellectual Property and Memory Stick
  Business Center
• Kenichiro Yonezawa*
  Senior Executive Vice President
  Corporate General Affairs
• Mario Tokoro
  Executive Vice President
  Electronics Co-CTO, President, Platform Technology Center
• Toshitada Doi
  Executive Vice President
  President, Intelligent Dynamics Laboratory
• Seiichi Watanabe
  Executive Vice President
  Corporate Environmental Affairs
• Mitsuru Ohki
  Executive Vice President
  Corporate Communications, Industry & Community Affairs,
  Brand Strategy
• Takeo Minomiya
  Executive Vice President
  Electronics Co-CQO, Global Professional Solutions
• Masayuki Nozoe
  Executive Vice President
  Sector President, Network Application & Content Service Sector Co-President, Personal Solutions Business Group
• Yoshio Nishi*
  Executive Vice President, Corporate Research Fellow
  President, Materials Laboratories
• Yutaka Nakagawa*
  Executive Vice President
  Deputy President, Micro Systems Network Company
• Tetsujiro Kondoh*
  Executive Vice President
  President, A-cubed Research Center, CTO of Home Network Company
• Tsutomu Niimura*
  Executive Vice President
  NC President, Home Network Company
• Ryoji Chubashi*
  Executive Vice President
  NC President, Micro Systems Network Company
• Tadasu Kawai**
  Executive Vice President
  Global Audit
• Takeo Eguchi
  Senior Vice President
  CTO, IT& Mobile Solutions Network Company
• Kiyoshi Nishitani
  Senior Vice President
  NC President, Broadband Network Company
• Nobuyuki Oneda
  Senior Vice President
  Officer/CFO, Network Application & Content Service Secto
• Keiji Kimura
  Senior Vice President
  Deputy President, IT& Mobile Solutions Network Company
• Fujio Nishida
  Senior Vice President
  Electronics CMO (Chief Marketing Officer)
• Shigeo Kubota*
  Senior Vice President, Corporate Research Fellow
  CTO, Micro Systems Network Company
• Akira Iga*
  Senior Vice President , Corporate Research Fellow
  President, Ubiquitous Technology Laboratories
• Takeo Kaji
  Vice President
  Global Professional Solutions, CS Global Head Office
• Kozo Kaminaga
  Vice President
  President, B&P Company, IT& Mobile Solutions Network Company
• Norihisa Shirota
  Vice President, Corporate Research Fellow
  CTO, Broadband Network Company
• Kazuo Yamagiwa
  Vice President
  Deputy President, Micro Systems Network Company
• Hiromasa Otsuka
  Vice President
  Officer, Network Application & Content Service Sector
• Yoshinori Onoue
  Vice President
  Deputy President, Home Network Company
• Yoshihiro Taya
  Vice President
  CFO, IT & Mobile Solutions Network Company
• Shoji Nemoto
  Vice President
  President, Personal Video Company, IT & Mobile Solutions Network Company
• Takashi Hayashi
  Vice President
  Deputy President, Home Network Company
• Takashi Fukushima
  Vice President
  President, Personal Audio Company, IT& Mobile Solutions Network Company
• Yasunori Kirihara**
  Vice President
  Corporate Human Resources
• Osamu Kumagai**
  Vice President
  President, Device Solutions Company, Micro Systems Network Company
• Makoto Kogure
  Vice President
  President, Projection Display Company, Home Network Company
• Takao Hiramoto*
  Vice President
  President, Broadband Communication Company, IT& Mobile Solutions Network Company
• Yoshinori Yamamoto**
  Vice President
  President, Home Audio Company, Home Network Company
• Tadao Yoshida**
  Vice President
  President, Network CE Development Laboratories
  

New Group Executive Officers

• Hiromu Inoue
  President, EMCS-America, Sony Electronics Inc.
• Masaru Kato
  Director Deputy President & CFO, Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.
• Yukio Kubota
  Representative Director & President, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan Inc.
• Haruyasu Nagata
  Managing Director, Sony Marketing Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.
• Andrew Lacksu
  Chairman & CEO Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.