Tokyo, Japan - At Sony Group Corporation's Nominating Committee meeting held earlier today, the following candidates were nominated as Members of Sony Group Corporation's Board of Directors for 2026. The nominees are subject to the approval at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, to be held in June 2026.

Members of the Board

The candidates for Members of the Board are as follows:

Hiroki Totoki

President and CEO
Representative Corporate Executive Officer

Lin Tao*1

CFO
Corporate Executive Officer

Wendy Becker*2

Non-Executive Director, GSK plc
Former Chairperson of the Board, Logitech International S.A.

Joseph A. Kraft Jr.*2

CEO, Rorschach Advisory Inc.

Neil Hunt*2

Chief Product Officer, Vibrant Planet, PBC
Director, Roku, Inc.
Former Chief Product Officer, Netflix Inc.

William Morrow*2

CEO, DIRECTV Entertainment Holdings LLC

Shingo Konomoto*2

Chairman, Member of the Board, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.

Yoriko Goto*2

Certified Public Accountant in Japan
Former Board Chair, Deloitte Tohmatsu Group and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC

Nora Denzel*2

Lead Independent Director, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Board Director, Gen Digital Inc.
Former Senior Vice President of Big Data, Intuit Inc.

Masayuki Hyodo*2

Chairman of the Board of Directors, SUMITOMO CORPORATION

• *1A new candidate for Member of the Board.
• *2An Outside Director who satisfies the requirements under Item 15, Article 2 of the Companies Act of Japan.

Members of the Board scheduled to retire

Kenichiro Yoshida

Executive Chairman
Representative Corporate Executive Officer*3

Keiko Kishigami

Certified Public Accountant in Japan
Board Member, WWF Japan

• *3Kenichiro Yoshida will retire from the position of Representative Corporate Executive Officer as of March 31, 2026, and continue as Executive Chairman, Sony Group Corporation.