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Chairman of the Board: Yotaro Kobayashi*
Vice Chairman of the Board: Yoshihiko Miyauchi*
Sir Howard Stringer Sony Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive
Offi cer
Ryoji Chubachi Sony Corporation President and Electronics CEO
Katsumi Ihara Sony Corporation Executive Deputy President,
Offi cer in charge of Consumer Product Group
Yotaro Kobayashi* Chief Corporate Advisor, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
Sakie T. Fukushima* Representative Director & Regional Managing
Director–Japan, Korn/Ferry International
Yoshihiko Miyauchi* Director, Representative Executive Offi cer,
Chairman and Chief Executive Offi cer,
ORIX Corporation
Yoshiaki Yamauchi* Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
Sir Peter Bonfi eld* Member of the Board, Telefonaktiebolaget
LM Ericsson
Fueo Sumita* Chief of Sumita Accounting Offi ce
Fujio Cho* Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation
Ryuji Yasuda* Professor, Graduate School of International
Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University
Yukako Uchinaga* Director, Vice Chairman, Benesse Corporation
Chairman and Chief Executive Offi cer,
Berlitz International, Inc.
Mitsuaki Yahagi* Chairman of the Board,
The Japan Research Institute, Limited
Tsun-Yan Hsieh* Special Consultant, McKinsey & Company
Roland A. Hernandez* Retired Chairman and CEO,
Telemundo Group, Inc.
Supervision
Board of Directors
• Determines the fundamental management policies of the Sony Group.
• Oversees the management of Sony Group’s business operations.
• Appoints and dismisses the statutory committee members.
• Appoints and dismisses Corporate Executive Offi cers.
Execution
Corporate Executive Offi cers
• Make decisions regarding the execution of Sony Group business activities within the scope of the authority delegated to them by the Board
of Directors.
Sir Howard Stringer** Chairman and Chief Executive Offi cer
Ryoji Chubachi** President and Electronics CEO
Katsumi Ihara** Executive Deputy President, Offi cer in charge of
Consumer Product Group
Yutaka Nakagawa Executive Deputy President, Offi cer in charge of
Semiconductor & Component Group, Production
Strategy, Procurement and Supply Chain
Nobuyuki Oneda Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Offi cer
Keiji Kimura Executive Vice President, Offi cer in charge of
Technology Strategies, Intellectual Property,
Information Systems and Electronics Business
Strategies
Nicole Seligman Executive Vice President and General Counsel
** Representative Corporate Executive Offi cer concurrently serving as Director
Compensation Committee
• Sets policy on the contents of individual
compensation for Directors, Corporate
Executive Offi cers, Corporate Executives
and Group Executives and determines
the amount and content of individual
compensation of Directors and Corporate
Executive Offi cers in accordance with
the policy.
Sakie T. Fukushima* (Chairman)
Mitsuaki Yahagi*
Tsun-Yan Hsieh*
* An outside director who satisfi es the requirements under Item 15, Article 2 of the Japanese Company Law
Audit Committee
• Monitors the performance of duties by Directors and
Corporate Executive Offi cers (with regard to the preparation
process of fi nancial statements, disclosure controls and
procedures, internal controls, compliance structure, risk
management structure, internal audit structure, internal
hotline system, and other matters).
• Determines the content of proposals regarding the
appointment/dismissal or non-reappointment of, approves
the compensation of, and oversees and evaluates the work
of Sony’s independent auditors.
• Reviews with Sony’s independent auditors the scope and
results of their audit including their evaluation of Sony’s
internal controls, compatibility with generally accepted
accounting principles in the U.S., and the overall quality
of fi nancial reporting.
Yoshiaki Yamauchi* (Chairman)
Fueo Sumita*
Ryuji Yasuda*
Nominating Committee
• Determines the content of
proposals regarding the
appointment/dismissal of
Directors.
Yotaro Kobayashi* (Chairman)
Yoshihiko Miyauchi*
Sir Peter Bonfi eld*
Fujio Cho*
Yukako Uchinaga*
Roland A. Hernandez*
Sir Howard Stringer
Ryoji Chubachi
Structure of Sony Corporate Governance System
Corporate Executives
• Carry out business operations within designated areas, including business units, research and development, and/or headquarters functions, in
accordance with the fundamental policies determined by the Board of Directors and the Corporate Executive Offi cers.
(Names and positions of new Directors and Corporate Executive Offi cers as of June 20, 2008)
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