Tokyo, Japan - Sony Group Corporation today announced the following executive changes. (as of April 1, 2023)*1

[Executives of equal rank are listed in order of appointment / changes from the February 2, 2023 announcement are underlined] Kenichiro Yoshida Chairman and CEO

Representative Corporate Executive Officer Hiroki Totoki President, COO and CFO

Representative Corporate Executive Officer Toshimoto Mitomo Executive Deputy President and CSO

Corporate Executive Officer

Officer in charge of Intellectual Property, Business Strategy, Business Development and Business Incubation Platform 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 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 & 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, Sustainability, External Relations, Quality Management and the Board Secretariat Kazushi Ambe Senior Executive Vice President

Corporate Executive Officer

Officer in charge of Human Resources, General Affairs,

Lead of Group Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and the Corporate Executive Office

Sony Group China Representative Hiroaki Kitano Senior Executive Vice President and CTO

Corporate Executive Officer

Officer in charge of R&D and AI Collaboration

President and CEO, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.

Representative Director and CEO, Sony Research Inc.*2 Tsuyoshi Kodera*3 Executive Vice President

Chief Digital Officer (CDO)

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

Information Security Makoto Toyoda*4 Senior Vice President

Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Senior General Manager, Corporate IT Division, DX Platform*5 Naomi Matsuoka Senior Vice President

In charge of Corporate Planning and Control (Game & Network Services Business, Music Business, Pictures Business and Financial Services Business) and Lead of Group Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Support for Financial Services Business and Entertainment Area 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 Hisashi Tamai Senior Vice President

In charge of R&D, Quality Management and Business Incubation Platform

President, Technology Infrastructure Center*6 Mark E. Khalil Senior Vice President

President, Sony Corporation of America Sadahiko Hayakawa Senior Vice President

In charge of Finance and IR

Senior General Manager, Finance Department Naoya Horii

(Newly appointed) Senior Vice President

In charge of Corporate Planning and Control (Entertainment, Technology &

Services Business and Imaging & Sensing Solutions Business),

Disc Manufacturing Business and Storage Media Business

Senior General Manager, Corporate Planning and Control Kaori Takezawa

(Newly appointed) Senior Vice President

In charge of Legal, Compliance, and Privacy

Senior General Manager, Legal Department

Senior General Manager, Compliance & Privacy Department Yasuhiro Ito

(Newly appointed) Senior Vice President

In charge of Human Resources

*1:The above executive changes are scheduled as of March 29, 2023.

*2:Sony AI plans to change its company name to Sony Research Inc. as of April 1, 2023.

*3:Tsuyoshi Kodera will be concurrently appointed to Chief Information Officer (CIO) as of July 1, 2023.

*4:Makoto Toyoda will retire as Senior Vice President, Sony Group Corporation as of June 30, 2023.

*5:Corporate IT Division, DX Platform to be established as of April 1, 2023.

*6:The R&D Center, Sony Group Corporation plans to be reorganized to Technology Infrastructure Center as of April 1, 2023.

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