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 2022. The nominees are subject to the approval at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, to be held in June 2022.

Members of the Board

The candidates for Members of the Board are as follows:

Kenichiro Yoshida

Chairman, President and CEO Representative Corporate Executive Officer

Hiroki Totoki

Executive Deputy President and CFO
Representative Corporate Executive Officer

Shuzo Sumi*1

Senior Executive Advisor, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.

Tim Schaaff

Former Chief Product Officer, Intertrust Technologies Corporation

Toshiko Oka*1

Professor, Graduate School of Global Business, Meiji University

Sakie Akiyama*1

Founder, Saki Corporation

Wendy Becker*1

Chairperson of the Board, Logitech International S.A.
Non-Executive Director, Great Portland Estates plc
Non-Executive Director, Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc

Yoshihiko Hatanaka*1

Representative Director, Chairman of the Board,
Astellas Pharma Inc.

Keiko Kishigami*1

Certified Public Accountant in Japan
Board Member, WWF Japan

Joseph A. Kraft Jr.*1

CEO, Rorschach Advisory Inc.

• *1An Outside Director who satisfies the requirements under Item 15, Article 2 of the Companies Act of Japan