Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation* today announced candidates for the executives who will be responsible for the management of the Sony Group Corporation in FY2021. 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 in June, 2021.

[ Executives of equal rank are listed in order of appointment / changes to titles or areas of responsibility are underlined ]

Kenichiro Yoshida Chairman, President and CEO

Representative Corporate Executive Officer

Hiroki Totoki Executive Deputy President and CFO

Representative Corporate Executive Officer

Shigeki Ishizuka Vice Chairman

Representative Corporate Executive Officer

Support for Electronics Businesses

Officer in charge of Disc Manufacturing Business

Officer in charge of Storage Media Business

Officer in charge of Quality Management

Toru Katsumoto Executive Deputy President and CTO

Corporate Executive Officer

Officer in charge of R&D

Support for Medical Business

President, R&D Center

Terushi Shimizu Senior Executive Vice President

Officer in charge of Imaging & Sensing Solutions Business

Representative Director, President and CEO,

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Representative Director and President,

Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation

Representative Director and President, Sony LSI Design Inc.

Rob Stringer Senior Executive Vice President

Officer in charge of Music Business (Global)

Chairman, Sony Music Group

CEO, Sony Music Entertainment

Anthony Vinciquerra Senior Executive Vice President

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Officer in charge of Pictures Business

Chairman and CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.

Jim Ryan Senior Executive Vice President

Officer in charge of Game & Network Services Business

President and CEO, Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC

Representative Director and President, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Shunsuke Muramatsu Senior Executive Vice President

Officer in charge of Music Business (Japan)

President and Representative Director of the Board, CEO,

Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.

Jon Platt Senior Executive Vice President

Officer in charge of Music Publishing (Global)

Chairman and CEO, Sony Music Publishing

Masashi Oka Senior Executive Vice President

President and CEO, Representative Director, Sony Financial Holdings, Inc.

Kimio Maki Senior Executive Vice President

Officer in charge of Electronics Products & Solutions Business

Representative Director, President and CEO, Sony Corporation

Shiro Kambe Senior Executive Vice President

Corporate Executive Officer

Officer in charge of Legal, Compliance, Corporate Communications,

Sustainability, External Relations, and Privacy

Kazushi Ambe Senior Executive Vice President

Corporate Executive Officer

Officer in charge of Human Resources and General Affairs

Tsuyoshi Kodera Executive Vice President

CDO (Chief Digital Officer)

Officer in charge of Digital Transformation Strategy, Information Systems, and

Information Security

Toshimoto Mitomo Executive Vice President

Officer in charge of Intellectual Property and Business Incubation Platform

Sony Group China Representative

Senior General Manager, Startup Acceleration Division

Hiroaki Kitano Executive Vice President

Officer in charge of AI Collaboration

President and CEO, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.

Representative Director and CEO, Sony AI Inc.3/3

Natsuko Takei Executive Vice President

(Promoted) Officer in charge of Legal, Compliance, and Privacy

Senior General Manager, Legal Department

Izumi Kawanishi Executive Vice President

(Promoted) Officer in charge of AI Robotics Business

Makoto Toyoda Senior Vice President

CIO (Chief Information Officer)

President, Representative Director, Sony Global Solutions Inc.

Ryuji Omura Senior Vice President

In charge of Technology Intelligence and Relations

Naomi Matsuoka Senior Vice President

In charge of Corporate Planning and Control, Finance, and IR

Karen L. Halby Senior Vice President

In charge of Global Tax

Executive Vice President, Sony Corporation of America

Hirotoshi Korenaga Senior Vice President

In charge of Accounting

Senior General Manager, Global Accounting Division

Hisashi Tamai Senior Vice President

Deputy President, R&D Center

Mark E. Khalil Senior Vice President

(Newly appointed) President and General Counsel, Sony Corporation of America

Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Sony Electronics Inc.

Masayuki Hattori Senior Vice President

In charge of Research and Development, R&D Center

Teruo Hirayama Strategic Assistant to Corporate Executive Officer in charge of R&D Center

Keiichiro Shimada In charge of Technology Policy and Relations

* As of April 1st 2021, Sony Corporation will change its company name to 'Sony Group Corporation.

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