Sony 2009 Annual Report Download - page 35

Chairman of the Board: Yotaro Kobayashi*
Vice Chairman of the Board: Yoshihiko Miyauchi*
Sir Howard Stringer Sony Corporation Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Ryoji Chubachi Sony Corporation Vice Chairman, Officer in charge
of Product Quality & Safety and Environmental
Affairs
Nobuyuki Oneda Sony Corporation Executive Deputy President and
Chief Financial Officer
Yotaro Kobayashi* Chief Corporate Advisor, Former Chairman of the
Board, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
Sakie T. Fukushima* Representative Director & Chairman, Korn/Ferry
International-Japan
Yoshihiko Miyauchi* Director, Representative Executive Officer,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
ORIX Corporation
Yoshiaki Yamauchi* Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
Sir Peter Bonfield* Chairman of the Supervisory Board, NXP B.V.
Fueo Sumita* Chief of Sumita Accounting Office
Fujio Cho* Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation
Ryuji Yasuda* Professor, Graduate School of International
Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University
Yukako Uchinaga* Director and Vice Chairman, Benesse Corporation
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
and President, Berlitz International, Inc.
Mitsuaki Yahagi* Chairman of the Board,
The Japan Research Institute, Limited
Tsun-Yan Hsieh* Senior Advisor, 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 Officers.
Execution
Corporate Executive Officers
• 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, Chief Executive Officer and President
Ryoji Chubachi** Vice Chairman, Officer in charge of Product
Quality & Safety and Environmental Affairs
Nobuyuki Oneda** Executive Deputy President and Chief Financial
Officer
Yutaka Nakagawa Executive Deputy President, Officer in charge of
Manufacturing, Logistics, Procurement and CS
Platform
Hiroshi Yoshioka Executive Deputy President, Officer in charge of
Consumer Products & Devices Group (CPDG)
Keiji Kimura Executive Vice President, Officer in charge of
Intellectual Property, Information Systems, B2B
Solutions Business and the Disc Manufacturing
Business
Nicole Seligman Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Kazuo Hirai Executive Vice President, Officer in charge of
Networked Products & Services Group (NPSG)
** Representative Corporate Executive Officer concurrently serving as Director
Compensation Committee
• Sets policy on the contents of individual
compensation for Directors, Corporate
Executive Officers, Corporate Executives
and Group Executives and determines
the amount and content of individual
compensation of Directors and Corporate
Executive Officers in accordance with
the policy.
Sakie T. Fukushima* (Chairman)
Mitsuaki Yahagi*
Tsun-Yan Hsieh*
Audit Committee
•MonitorstheperformanceofdutiesbyDirectorsand
Corporate Executive Officers (with respect to structure to
ensure the adequacy of the financial reporting process,
to enable management to ensure the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting, to ensure timely and
appropriate disclosure and to ensure compliance with any
applicable law, Articles of Incorporation and internal policies
and rules and status of any other items described in the
“Internal Control and Governance Framework” determined or
reaffirmed by the Board of Directors in accordance with the
Companies Act).
•Overseesandevaluatestheworkofindependentauditor
(including to evaluate the adequacy of its independence and
its qualification, to propose its appointment/dismissal or non-
reappointment, to approve its compensation, to evaluate the
appropriateness of its audit regarding the financial results
and internal control over financial reporting, and to pre-
approve its engagement for any other services than audit
services to be provided).
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 Bonfield*
Fujio Cho*
Yukako Uchinaga*
Roland A. Hernandez*
Sir Howard Stringer
Ryoji Chubachi
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 Officers.
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Board of Directors and Corporate Executive Officers
* An outside director who satisfies the requirements under Item 15, Article 2 of the Japanese Companies Act