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May 17, 2019
Sony Corporation Executive Appointments
Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation today announced candidates for the executives who will be responsible for the management of the Sony Group in FY2019. 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 on June 18, 2019.
Executive Appointments (as of June 18, 2019)
(*Representative Corporate Executive Officer **Corporate Executive Officer)
- Kenichiro Yoshida*
- President and Chief Executive Officer
- Hiroki Totoki*
- Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
- Shigeki Ishizuka
- Senior Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Electronics Products & Solutions Business
Officer in charge of Storage Media Business
Representative Director and President,
President, Digital Imaging Group,
Sony Imaging Products & Solutions Inc.
- Ichiro Takagi
- Senior Executive Vice President
Assistant to Senior Executive Vice President in charge of Electronics Products & Solutions Business
Officer in charge of Home Entertainment & Sound Business
Officer in charge of Consumer AV Sales & Marketing
Officer in charge of Manufacturing, Logistics, Procurement and Engineering Platform
Representative Director and President,
Sony Home Entertainment & Sound Products Inc.
- Toru Katsumoto**(Promoted)
- Senior Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of R&D
Officer in charge of Medical Business
President, R&D Center
Senior General Manager, Corporate Technology Strategy Division
Representative Director and Deputy President,
Sony Imaging Products & Solutions Inc.
- Shiro Kambe**
- Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Legal, Compliance, Corporate Communications,
CSR, External Relations, Quality, Environment, Information Security and Privacy
- Kazushi Ambe**
- Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Human Resources and General Affairs
- Terushi Shimizu
- Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Semiconductor Business
Representative Director and President,
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
Representative Director and President,
Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
- Michinori Mizuno
- Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Music Business (Japan)
Chairman and Representative Director of the Board, CEO,
Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
- Shigeru Ishii
- Executive Vice President
President, Representative Director, Sony Financial Holdings Inc.
- Tsuyoshi Kodera
- Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Digital Transformation Strategy
Deputy President, Sony Interactive Entertainment
Representative Director and Deputy President,
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Rob Stringer
- Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Music Business (Global)
CEO, Sony Music Entertainment
- Anthony Vinciquerra
- Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Pictures Business
Chairman and CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
- Toshimoto Mitomo(Promoted)
- Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Intellectual Property and Business Incubation Platform
Sony Group China Representative
Senior General Manager, Startup Acceleration Division
- Jim Ryan(Promoted)
- Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Game & Network Service Business
President and CEO,
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Representative Director and President,
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Hiroshi Kawano
- Senior Vice President
Representative Director and Deputy President,
President, Professional Products & Solutions Group
Sony Imaging Products & Solutions Inc.
- Masaru Tamagawa
- Senior Vice President
Global Sales & Marketing Officer
Representative Director and Chairman, Sony Marketing Inc.
- Hideyuki Furumi
- Senior Vice President
President, Sony Europe B.V.
- Masayuki Hattori
- Senior Vice President
In charge of Research and Development, R&D Center
- Natsuko Takei
- Senior Vice President
In charge of Legal, Compliance and Privacy
Senior General Manager, Legal, Compliance & Privacy Department
- Izumi Kawanishi
- Senior Vice President
In charge of AI Robotics Business
- Michael Fasulo
- Senior Vice President
President and COO, Sony North America
- Tomoo Hagimoto
- Senior Vice President
President, Representative Director, Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
- Hiroyuki Sato
- Senior Vice President
In charge of Quality and Environment
Senior General Manager, Quality & Environmental Department
- Kazuhiko Takeda
- Senior Vice President
In charge of Disc Manufacturing Business
Deputy President and CFO,
Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Hidehiko Teshirogi
- Senior Vice President
Deputy President, Digital Imaging Group,
Deputy President, Professional Products & Solutions Group,
Sony Imaging Products & Solutions Inc.
- Mitsuya Kishida
- Senior Vice President
Representative Director and President,
Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
- Hiroaki Kitano
- Senior Vice President
President & Chief Executive Officer,
Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.
- Atsuko Murakami
- Senior Vice President
In charge of Finance Project
- Masayasu Ito
- Senior Vice President
EVP, Hardware Engineering and Operation,
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Deputy President, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Kazuo Kii
- Senior Vice President
Representative Director and Executive Deputy President,
President, TV Business Group,
Sony Home Entertainment & Sound Products Inc.
- Masaaki Kojima
- Senior Vice President
Deputy President, Professional Products & Solutions Group,
Sony Imaging Products & Solutions Inc.
- Shigeru Kumekawa
- Senior Vice President
Representative Director and President, Sony Marketing Inc.
Corporate Executive and President, Sony Marketing Japan
- Kimio Maki
- Senior Vice President
Executive Deputy President, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
- Yoshinori Matsumoto
- Senior Vice President
Director, Executive Deputy President,
President, V&S Business Group,
Sony Home Entertainment & Sound Products Inc.
- Hiroshi Takahashi(New role added)
- Senior Vice President
Sony Group China Deputy Representative
President, Sony (China) Co., Ltd
- Makoto Toyoda
- Senior Vice President
Chief Information Officer
President, Representative Director, Sony Global Solutions Inc.
- Ryuji Omura
- Senior Vice President
Executive Deputy President, Mobility & IoT Solutions,
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Naomi Matsuoka
- Senior Vice President
In charge of Corporate Planning and Control, Finance and IR
Senior General Manager, Corporate Planning and Control Department
Senior General Manager, Finance Department
- Shunsuke Muramatsu(Newly appointed)
- Senior Vice President
President and Representative Director of the Board, COO,
Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
- Jon Platt(Newly appointed)
- Senior Vice President
Chairman & CEO, Sony / ATV Music Publishing LLC
Executive Chief Engineer Appointments (as of June 18, 2019)
- Teruo Hirayama
- Strategic Assistant to Corporate Executive Officer in charge of R&D Center
- Keiichiro Shimada(Newly appointed)
- In charge of Next Generation Technology Relationship, R&D Center
- Yasuhiro Ueda (Newly appointed)
- In charge of Technology Policy and Relations
Executive Chief Engineer to Retire (as of June 18, 2019)
- Shoji Nemoto
- Sony Group China Representative