Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation today announced candidates for the positions of Representative Corporate Executive Officers, Corporate Executive Officers, Business Executives and Corporate Executives to be appointed effective June 15, 2017. The appointments of Representative Corporate Executive Officers and Corporate Executive Officers are subject to the approval of the Board of Directors Meeting to be held on June 15, 2017. The appointments of Business Executives and Corporate Executives are to be submitted for internal approval following the appointment of Representative Corporate Executive Officers and Corporate Executive Officers.

The candidates for Representative Corporate Executive Officers and Corporate Executive Officers are as follows (as of June 15, 2017):

Representative Corporate Executive Officers

Kazuo Hirai*

President and Chief Executive Officer

Kenichiro Yoshida*

Executive Deputy President and Chief Financial Officer

Corporate Executive Officers (EVPs listed in order of appointment)

Tomoyuki Suzuki

Executive Deputy President
Officer in charge of R&D Platform
In charge of Energy Business and Storage Media Business

Shiro Kambe

Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Legal, Compliance, Corporate Communications,
CSR, External Relations and Information Security & Privacy

Masashi Imamura

Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Manufacturing, Logistics, Procurement,
Quality & Environment
In charge of Engineering Platform

Shigeki Ishizuka

Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Imaging Products and Solutions Business
Representative Director and President,
Sony Imaging Products & Solutions Inc.

Andrew House

Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Game & Network Services Business
President and Global CEO, Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC

Ichiro Takagi

Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Home Entertainment & Sound Business and Consumer AV Sales & Marketing
Representative Director and President, Sony Visual Products Inc.
Representative Director and President, Sony Video & Sound Products Inc.

Hiroki Totoki
(New role added)

Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer
In charge of Mid-to-Long Term Business Strategy, New Business
Officer in charge of Mobile Communications Business
President & CEO, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
President and Representative Director,
Sony Network Communications Inc.

Kazushi Ambe

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

The candidates for Business Executives are as follows (as of June 15, 2017):

Martin Bandier

Chairman & CEO, Sony / ATV Music Publishing LLC

Hiroshi Kawano

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

Masaru Tamagawa

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

Kunimasa Suzuki

Executive Vice President, Sony Entertainment Inc.

Izumi Kawanishi

Director, EVP, Product Business Group,
Sony Mobile Communications Inc.

Yasuhiro Ueda

President, Representative Director,
Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation

Michael Fasulo

President and COO, Sony Electronics Inc.

Tomoo Hagimoto

President, Representative Director, Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd.

Michinori Mizuno

Representative Director and CEO,
Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.

Hidehiko Teshirogi

EVP, Deputy Head of Product Business Group,
Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
In charge of TS Business, Sony Corporation

Yoshito Ezure

Representative Director and President,
Sony Energy Devices Corporation

Toru Katsumoto

Representative Director and Deputy President,
Sony Imaging Products & Solutions Inc.
President of Professional Products Group
President of Medical Business Group

Hideyuki Furumi

EVP, Global Sales & Marketing, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.

Terushi Shimizu

Representative Director and President,
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Shigeru Ishii

President, Representative Director,
Sony Financial Holdings Inc.

Mitsuya Kishida

Representative Director and President,
Sony Global Manufacturing & Operations Corporation

Tsuyoshi Kodera

Deputy President, Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC

Masayasu Ito

(Newly appointed)

EVP, Hardware Engineering and Operation,
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC

Kazuo Miura

(Newly appointed)

Deputy President, Global Research and Development,
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC

Rob Stringer

(Newly appointed)

CEO, Sony Music Entertainment

Anthony Vinciquerra

(Newly appointed)

Chairman and CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.

The candidates for Corporate Executives are as follows (as of June 15, 2017):

Shoji Nemoto

Sony Group China Representative
In charge of Disc Manufacturing Business

Keiichiro Shimada

In charge of Mid-to-Long Term Technology, R&D Platform
In charge of Technology Policy and Relations

Fumiaki Sakai

Chief Information Officer

Masayuki Hattori

President of System R&D Group, R&D Platform

Teruo Hirayama

President of Device & Material R&D Group, R&D Platform

Toshimoto Mitomo

In charge of Intellectual Property and Mid-to-Long Term Business Development

Natsuko Takei

Senior General Manager of Legal & Compliance Department

Hiroichi Kawahira

President of Advanced Materials Laboratories,
Device & Material R&D Group, R&D Platform

Hiroyuki Sato

In charge of Quality & Environment

Kazuhiko Takeda

In charge of Corporate Planning & Control and Accounting
Senior General Manager of Corporate Planning & Control Department

Hiroaki Kitano

President & Chief Executive Officer,
Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.

Atsuko Murakami

Senior General Manager of Finance Department

Katsumi Ihara

Chairman, Director, Sony Financial Holdings Inc.
Chairman, Director, Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd.

Doug Morris

Chairman, Sony Music Entertainment (**)

Toshihiko Ohnishi

Deputy President of Professional Solutions and Services Group,
Sony Imaging Products & Solutions Inc.

• **Doug Morris will retire as Business Executive of Sony Corporation, but remain as Chairman, Sony Music Entertainment.