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June 20, 2013
Sony Corporation Executive Appointments
Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation announced the appointment of members to its Board of Directors following approval at the 96th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders that took place today, along with the company's Chairman of the Board, Chairman and Members of the Nominating, Compensation and Audit Committees, Representative Corporate Executive Officers and Corporate Executive Officers appointed at a Meeting of the Board of Directors held after the above mentioned General Meeting of Shareholders.
Members of the Board
- *The candidates have not changed since the announcement on May 8.
- Kazuo Hirai
- Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President and CEO
- Masaru Kato
- Representative Corporate Executive Officer, EVP and CFO
- Peter Bonfield (*)
- Chairman of the Board, NXP Semiconductors N.V.
- Ryuji Yasuda (*)
- Professor, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy,
Hitotsubashi University
- Yukako Uchinaga (*)
- Director and Executive Vice President, Benesse Holdings, Inc.
Honorary Chairman, Berlitz Corporation
- *Ms.Uchinaga to retire as Director and Executive Vice President, Benesse Holdings, Inc. and Honorary Chairman, Berlitz Corporation on June 22, 2013.
- Mitsuaki Yahagi (*)
- Special Advisor, The Japan Research Institute, Ltd.
- Kanemitsu Anraku (*)
- Director, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
- Yorihiko Kojima (*)
- Chairman of the Board, Mitsubishi Corporation
- Osamu Nagayama (*)
- Representative Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- Takaaki Nimura(*)
- Certified Public Accountant
- Eikoh Harada(*)(**)
- Chairman, President and CEO, Representative Director,
McDonald's Holdings Company (Japan), Ltd.
McDonald's Company (Japan), Ltd.
- Joichi Ito(*)(**)
- Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab
- Tim Schaaff(**)
- Retired President, Sony Network Entertainment International LLC
- (*)An Outside Director who satisfies the requirements under Item 15, Article 2 of the Companies Act of Japan
- (**)New Members of the Board
Chairman of the Board
| Chairman of the Board |
Osamu Nagayama |
Chairman and Members of the Committees
| Nominating Committee |
Chair |
Peter Bonfield |
| Members |
Osamu Nagayama, Yukako Uchinaga, Yorihiko Kojima, Joichi Ito, Tim Schaaff, Kazuo Hirai, Masaru Kato |
| Compensation Committee |
Chair |
Ryuji Yasuda |
| Members |
Eikoh Harada, Masaru Kato |
| Audit Committee |
Chair |
Takaaki Nimura |
| Members |
Mitsuaki Yahagi, Kanemitsu Anraku |
Corporate Executive Officers (*concurrently a Director)
- *The candidates have not changed since the announcement on May 29.
Representative Corporate Executive Officers
- Kazuo Hirai*
- President and Chief Executive Officer
- Masaru Kato* (Newly appointed)
- Executive Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
Corporate Executive Officers
- Nicole Seligman
- Executive Vice President
General Counsel
- Tadashi Saito
- Executive Vice President
Chief Strategy Officer
Officer in charge of Medical Business
President of Medical Business Unit
- Shoji Nemoto
- Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Professional Solutions Business,
Digital Imaging Business and Disk Manufacturing Business
President of Professional Solutions Group
- Tomoyuki Suzuki
- Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Device Solutions Business, R&D Platform
and Common Software Design
- Kunimasa Suzuki
- Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of PC Business, Mobile Business
and UX, Product Strategy and Creative Platform
- Kunitaka Fujita (Promoted)
- Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Human Resources and General Affairs
