Tokyo, Japan - At Sony Corporation's recent Nominating Committee meeting, the following candidates were nominated as Members of Sony Corporation's Board of Directors. The nominees are subject to the approval at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, to be held on June 2020.

Members of the Board

The candidates for Members of the Board are as follows:

Kenichiro YoshidaRepresentative Corporate Executive Officer, President and CEOHiroki TotokiRepresentative Corporate Executive Officer,
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial OfficerShuzo Sumi(*)Senior Executive Advisor, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
Former Chairman of the Board, Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.Tim SchaaffChief Product Officer, Intertrust Technologies Corporation
Former President, Sony Network Entertainment International LLCKazuo Matsunaga(*)Chairman of the Board, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation
Former Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and IndustryToshiko Oka(*)CEO, Oka & Company Ltd.Sakie Akiyama(*)Founder, Saki CorporationWendy Becker(*)Chairperson of the Board, Logitech International S.A.
Non-Executive Director, Great Portland Estates plcYoshihiko Hatanaka(*)Representative Director, Chairman of the Board,
Astellas Pharma Inc.Adam Crozier(*)(**)Former CEO, ITV plc
Former CEO, Royal Mail Group LtdKeiko Kishigami(*)(**)Certified Public Accountant
Board Member, WWF Japan
Former Partner, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLCJoseph A. Kraft Jr.(*)(**)CEO, Rorschach Advisory Inc.
Former Deputy Branch Manager & Managing Director,
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Japan
Former Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Japan
  • (*)An Outside Director who satisfies the requirements under Item 15, Article 2 of the Companies Act of Japan
  • (**)A new candidate for Member of the Board
Member of the Board scheduled to retire Koichi MiyataChairman of the Board, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking CorporationJohn V. RoosFormer United States Ambassador to Japan
Co-Founding Partner, Geodesic CapitalEriko SakuraiChairman and CEO, Representative Director, Dow Toray Co., Ltd.Kunihito MinakawaFormer Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Ricoh Company, Ltd.

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