Tokyo, Japan – Sony Corporation* today announced candidates for the executives who will be responsible for the management of the Sony Group Corporation in FY2021. Following approvals from the appropriate governing committees, the candidates are scheduled to officially take up their positions after Sony’s Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, due to be held in June, 2021.

Executive Appointments

[ Executives of equal rank are listed in order of appointment / changes to titles or areas of responsibility are underlined ]

Kenichiro Yoshida

Chairman, President and CEO
Representative Corporate Executive Officer

Hiroki Totoki

Executive Deputy President and CFO
Representative Corporate Executive Officer

Shigeki Ishizuka

Vice Chairman
Representative Corporate Executive Officer
Support for Electronics Businesses
Officer in charge of Disc Manufacturing Business
Officer in charge of Storage Media Business
Officer in charge of Quality Management

Toru Katsumoto

Executive Deputy President and CTO
Corporate Executive Officer
Officer in charge of R&D
Support for Medical Business
President, R&D Center

Terushi Shimizu

Senior Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Imaging & Sensing Solutions Business
Representative Director, President and CEO,
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
Representative Director and President,
Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
Representative Director and President, Sony LSI Design Inc.

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 Service 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 and CEO, Representative Director, Sony Financial Holdings, Inc.

Kimio Maki

Senior Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Electronics Products & Solutions Business
Representative Director, President and CEO, Sony Corporation

Shiro Kambe

Senior Executive Vice President
Corporate Executive Officer
Officer in charge of Legal, Compliance, Corporate Communications, Sustainability, External Relations, and Privacy

Kazushi Ambe

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

Tsuyoshi Kodera

Executive Vice President
CDO (Chief Digital Officer)
Officer in charge of Digital Transformation Strategy, Information Systems, and Information Security

Toshimoto Mitomo

Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Intellectual Property and Business Incubation Platform
Sony Group China Representative
Senior General Manager, Startup Acceleration Division

Hiroaki Kitano

Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of AI Collaboration
President and CEO, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.
Representative Director and CEO, Sony AI Inc.

Natsuko Takei
(Promoted)

Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Legal, Compliance, and Privacy
Senior General Manager, Legal Department

Izumi Kawanishi
(Promoted)

Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of AI Robotics Business

Makoto Toyoda

Senior Vice President
CIO (Chief Information Officer)
President, Representative Director, Sony Global Solutions Inc.

Ryuji Omura

Senior Vice President
In charge of Technolog Intelligence and Relations

Naomi Matsuoka

Senior Vice President
In charge of Corporate Planning and Control, Finance, and IR

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
Senior General Manager, Global Accounting Division

Hisashi Tamai

Senior Vice President
Deputy President, R&D Center

Mark E. Khalil
(Newly appointed)

Senior Vice President
President and General Counsel, Sony Corporation of America
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Sony Electronics Inc.

Executive to retire

Masayuki Hattori

Senior Vice President
In charge of Research and Development, R&D Center

Executive Chief Engineers to retire

Teruo Hirayama

Strategic Assistant to Corporate Executive Officer in charge of R&D Center

Keiichiro Shimada

In charge of Technology Policy and Relations

• *As of April 1st 2021, Sony Corporation will change its company name to "Sony Group Corporation."