Sony Corporation announced that Kazuo Hirai, Director, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer appointed as Director, Chairman. Kenichiro Yoshida, Director, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Deputy President and Chief Financial Officer appointed as Director, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer. Hiroki Totoki, Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer; Officer in charge of Mobile Communications Business President & CEO, Sony Mobile Communications Inc. President and Representative Director, Sony Network Communications Inc. appointed as Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer.

Shigeki Ishizuka appointed as Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Vice President Officer in charge of Imaging Products & Solutions Business Representative Director and President, Sony Imaging Products & Solutions Inc. Officer in charge of Mobile Communications Business, Storage Media Business. Ichiro Takagi appointed as Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Vice President Officer in charge of Home Entertainment & Sound Business, Consumer AV Sales & Marketing Representative Director and President, Sony Visual Products Inc. Representative Director and President, Sony Video & Sound Products Inc. Officer in charge of Manufacturing, Logistics, Procurement. Toru Katsumoto, Business Executive appointed as Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Vice President Officer in charge of R&D Platform and continues as Representative Director and Deputy President, Sony Imaging Products & Solutions Inc. President of Professional Products Group and President of Medical Business Group.

All appointments are effective April 1, 2018. The following executives are scheduled to retire as of the Sony annual shareholders' meeting due to held in June 2018: Tomoyuki Suzuki to retire as Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Deputy President Officer in charge of R&D Platform and Storage Media Business and Masashi Imamura to retire as Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Vice President Officer in charge of Manufacturing, Logistics, Procurement, Quality and Environment, Engineering Platform.