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June 20, 2003
Sony Appoints Members of the Board, Corporate Executive Officers,
Executive Officers and Group Executive Officers
Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation announced the appointment of members to its Board of Directors following approval at the 86th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders that took place today, along with the company's Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman 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.
<Board of Directors>* (newly appointed)
| Nobuyuki
Idei |
|
| Kunitake
Ando |
|
| Teruhisa
Tokunaka |
|
| Minoru
Morio |
|
| Teruo Masaki |
|
| Howard
Stringer |
|
| Ken Kutaragi |
|
| Göran
Lindahl |
|
| Akihisa
Ohnishi* |
Currently
Standing Statutory Auditor, Sony Corporation |
| Iwao Nakatani |
Director
of Research, UFJ Institute Ltd., President, Tama University |
| Akishige
Okada |
Chairman,
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
Chairman, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation |
| Hirobumi
Kawano* |
Former
Director-General of the Agency for Natural Resources
& Energy |
| 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 Member,
Board of Directors, Korn/Ferry International |
| Yoshihiko
Miyauchi* |
Representative
Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
ORIX Corporation |
| Yoshiaki
Yamauchi* |
Director,
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. |
<Chairman of the Board and Deputy Chairmen of the Board>
| Chairman of the Board |
Iwao Nakatani |
| Deputy Chairmen of
the Board |
Hirobumi Kawano, Teruo
Masaki |
<Chairman and Members of the Committees>
Nominating Committee
Yotaro Kobayashi (Chairman), Hirobumi Kawano, Carlos Ghosn,
Nobuyuki Idei, Kunitake Ando
Compensation Committee
Akishige Okada (Chairman), Yoshihiko Miyauchi, Teruhisa
Tokunaka
Audit Committee
Yoshiaki Yamauchi (Chairman), Sakie T. Fukushima, Akihisa
Ohnishi
<Representative Corporate Executive Officers>(*also
serve as director)
| Chairman
|
Nobuyuki
Idei* |
Group CEO |
| President |
Kunitake
Ando* |
Group COO |
| Executive
Deputy President |
Teruhisa
Tokunaka* |
Group CSO
In charge of Personal Solutions Business Group and
Network Application and Content Service Sector (NACS)
|
<Corporate Executive Officers>(*also serve
as director)
Vice Chairman
Minoru Morio*
Sony Group East Asia Representative, Group CPO |
Vice Chairman
Howard Stringer*
Sony Group Americas Representative, Officer in charge
of Entertainment Business Group |
Executive
Deputy President
Shizuo Takashino
Officer in charge of IT & Mobile Solutions Network
Company and Home Network Company |
Executive
Deputy President
Ken Kutaragi*
Officer in charge of Game Business Group and Broadband
Network Company |
Corporate
Senior Executive Vice President
Teruo Masaki* Group General Counsel |
Corporate
Senior Executive Vice President
Akira Kondoh Group CIO |
Corporate
Senior Vice President
Takao Yuhara Group CFO |
Corporate
Executive Officer**
Göran Lindah*
Sony Group Europe Representative, Chairman of Sony Group in Europ |
Corporate
Executive Officer
Nicole Seligman Group Deputy General Counsel |
<Executive Officers>(* promoted ** newly appointed)
| Katsuaki
Tsurushima |
Senior
Executive Vice President
Electronics CTO |
| Teruaki
Aoki* |
Senior
Executive Vice President
Technology Alliance Intellectual Property and Memory
Stick
Business Center |
| Kenichiro
Yonezawa* |
Senior
Executive Vice President
Corporate General Affairs |
| Mario Tokoro |
Executive
Vice President
Electronics Co-CTO, President, Platform Technology
Center |
| Toshitada
Doi |
Executive
Vice President
President, Intelligent Dynamics Laboratory |
| Seiichi
Watanabe |
Executive
Vice President
Corporate Environmental Affairs |
| Mitsuru
Ohki |
Executive
Vice President
Corporate Communications, Industry & Community Affairs,
Brand Strategy |
| Takeo Minomiya |
Executive
Vice President
Electronics Co-CQO, Global Professional Solutions
|
| Masayuki
Nozoe |
Executive
Vice President
Sector President, Network Application & Content Service
Sector Co-President, Personal Solutions Business Group
|
| Yoshio
Nishi* |
Executive
Vice President,
Corporate Research Fellow
President, Materials Laboratories
|
| Yutaka
Nakagawa* |
Executive
Vice President
Deputy President, Micro Systems Network Company |
| Tetsujiro
Kondoh* |
Executive
Vice President
President, A-cubed Research Center, CTO of Home Network
Company |
| Tsutomu
Niimura* |
Executive
Vice President
NC President, Home Network Company |
| Ryoji Chubashi*
|
Executive
Vice President
NC President, Micro Systems Network Company |
| Tadasu
Kawai** |
Executive
Vice President
Global Audit |
| Takeo Eguchi |
Senior
Vice President
CTO, IT& Mobile Solutions Network Company |
| Kiyoshi
Nishitani |
Senior
Vice President
NC President, Broadband Network Company |
| Nobuyuki
Oneda |
Senior
Vice President
Officer/CFO, Network Application & Content Service
Sector |
| Keiji Kimura |
Senior
Vice President
Deputy President, IT& Mobile Solutions Network Company
|
| Fujio Nishida |
Senior
Vice President
Electronics CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) |
| Shigeo
Kubota* |
Senior
Vice President, Corporate Research Fellow
CTO, Micro Systems Network
Company |
| Akira Iga* |
Senior
Vice President , Corporate Research Fellow
President, Ubiquitous Technology Laboratories |
| Takeo Kaji |
Vice President
Global Professional Solutions, CS Global Head Office
|
| Kozo Kaminaga |
Vice President
President,
B&P Company, IT& Mobile Solutions Network Company
|
| Norihisa
Shirota |
Vice President,
Corporate Research Fellow
CTO, Broadband Network Company
|
| Kazuo Yamagiwa |
Vice President
Deputy President, Micro Systems Network Company |
| Hiromasa
Otsuka |
Vice President
Officer, Network Application & Content Service Sector
|
| Yoshinori
Onoue |
Vice President
Deputy President, Home Network Company |
| Yoshihiro
Taya |
Vice President
CFO, IT & Mobile Solutions Network Company |
| Shoji Nemoto |
Vice President
President, Personal Video Company, IT & Mobile Solutions Network Company |
| Takashi
Hayashi |
Vice President
Deputy President, Home Network Company |
| Takashi
Fukushima |
Vice President
President, Personal Audio Company, IT& Mobile Solutions
Network Company |
| Yasunori
Kirihara** |
Vice President
Corporate Human Resources |
| Osamu Kumagai** |
Vice President
President, Device Solutions Company, Micro Systems
Network Company |
| Makoto
Kogure** |
Vice President
President, Projection Display Company, Home Network
Company |
| Takao Hiramoto* |
Vice President
President, Broadband Communication Company, IT& Mobile Solutions Network Company |
| Yoshinori
Yamamoto** |
Vice President
President, Home Audio Company, Home Network Company
|
| Tadao Yoshida**
|
Vice President
President, Network CE Development Laboratories |
<New Group Executive Officers>
| Hiromu Inoue |
President, EMCS-America,
Sony Electronics Inc. |
| Masaru Kato |
Director Deputy President & CFO, Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. |
| Yukio Kubota |
Representative Director
& President, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan
Inc. |
| Haruyasu Nagata |
Managing Director, Sony
Marketing Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. |
| Andrew Lack |
Chairman & CEO Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. |
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