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June 22, 2004
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.
| 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 | Iwao Nakatani |
| Vice Chairmen of the Board | Hirobumi Kawano, Teruo Masaki |
| 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 |
| Chairman | Nobuyuki Idei* | Group CEO |
| President | Kunitake Ando* | Global Hub President, Officer in charge of Personal Solutions Business Group |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
