Sony Group Corporation Director and Executive Appointments.

Sony Group Corporation announced the appointment of members to its Board of Directors following approval at the 105th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders that took place today. The company's Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board, Chair and Members of the Nominating, Compensation and Audit Committees, and executives ranked Executive Vice President and above were also appointed or reported at a Meeting of the Board of Directors held after the above mentioned General Meeting of Shareholders.

Members of the Board

Note: The Directors appointed at this time are the same as the candidates announced on March 24, 2022.

Kenichiro YoshidaChairman, President and CEO

Representative Corporate Executive OfficerHiroki TotokiExecutive Deputy President and CFO

Representative Corporate Executive OfficerShuzo Sumi *1Senior Executive Advisor, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.Tim SchaaffFormer Chief Product Officer, Intertrust Technologies CorporationToshiko Oka *1Professor, Graduate School of Global Business, Meiji UniversitySakie Akiyama *1Founder, Saki CorporationWendy Becker *1Chairperson of the Board, Logitech International S.A.

Non-Executive Director, Oxford Nanopore Technologies plcYoshihiko Hatanaka *1Former Representative Director, Chairman of the Board,

Astellas Pharma Inc.Keiko Kishigami *1Certified Public Accountant in Japan

Board Member, WWF JapanJoseph A. Kraft Jr. *1CEO, Rorschach Advisory Inc.*1An Outside Director who satisfies the requirements under Item 15, Article 2 of the Companies Act of Japan

Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board

Chairman of the Board

Shuzo Sumi

Vice Chairman of the Board

Yoshihiko Hatanaka

Chair and Members of the Committees

Nominating Committee

Chair : Shuzo Sumi

Members : Yoshihiko Hatanaka, Wendy Becker

Compensation Committee

Chair : Wendy Becker

Members : Sakie Akiyama, Yoshihiko Hatanaka

Audit Committee

Chair : Toshiko Oka

Members : Keiko Kishigami, Joseph A. Kraft Jr.

Executive Vice Presidents and above

Note:The Executives appointed at this time are the same as the announcement on March 24, 2022.

[Executives of equal rank are listed in order of appointment]

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

Officer in charge of Disc Manufacturing Business

Officer in charge of Storage Media Business

Officer in charge of Quality Management

Terushi Shimizu

Senior Executive Vice President

Officer in charge of Imaging & Sensing Solutions Business

Representative Director, President and CEO,

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

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

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 Service 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 Group Inc.

Kimio Maki

Senior Executive Vice President

Officer in charge of Entertainment, Technology & Services Business

Representative Director, President and CEO, Sony Corporation

Shiro Kambe

Senior Executive Vice President

Corporate Executive Officer

Officer in charge of Legal, Compliance, Privacy, Corporate

Communications, Brand Strategy, Sustainability, and External Relations

Kazushi Ambe

Senior Executive Vice President

Corporate Executive Officer

Officer in charge of Human Resources and General Affairs

Toshimoto Mitomo*2

Senior Executive Vice President

Corporate Executive Officer

Officer in charge of Intellectual Property and Business Incubation Platform

Sony Group China Representative

Senior General Manager, Startup Acceleration Division

Senior General Manager, Business Development Office

Hiroaki Kitano

Senior Executive Vice President and CTO

Corporate Executive Officer

Officer in charge of R&D

Officer in charge of AI Collaboration

President and CEO, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.

Representative Director and CEO, Sony AI Inc.

Tsuyoshi Kodera

Executive Vice President

CDO (Chief Digital Officer)

Officer in charge of Digital Transformation Strategy, Information

Systems, and Information Security

Senior General Manager, Corporate DX Office

Natsuko Takei

Executive Vice President

Officer in charge of Legal, Compliance, and Privacy

Senior General Manager, Legal Department

Izumi Kawanishi

Executive Vice President

Officer in charge of AI Robotics Business

Senior General Manager, AI Robotics Business Group

Representative Director, President and CEO, Sony Mobility Inc.

*2Scheduled to be appointed Senior General Manager, New Business Exploration Division, Sony Group Corporation and Chairman, Sony (China) Ltd. on July 1, 2022.

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