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44
Board of Directors and Corporate Executive Officers
Chairman of the Board: Yotaro Kobayashi*
Sir Howard Stringer Sony Corporation Representative Corporate
Executive Officer, Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Ryoji Chubachi Sony Corporation Representative Corporate
Executive Officer, Vice Chairman
Yotaro Kobayashi* Former Chairman of the Board, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
Yoshiaki Yamauchi* Former Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
Sir Peter Bonfield* Chairman of the Supervisory Board, NXP B.V.
Fujio Cho* Chairman of the Board, Toyota Motor Corporation
Ryuji Yasuda* Professor, Graduate School of International
Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University
Yukako Uchinaga* Director and Executive Vice President, Benesse
Holdings, Inc.
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* Director Emeritus, McKinsey & Company
Roland A. Hernandez* Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Telemundo Group, Inc.
Kanemitsu Anraku* Director, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
Yorihiko Kojima* Member of the Board, President,
Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Corporation
Osamu Nagayama* Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
Executive Officer, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Supervision
Board of Directors
• Determines the fundamental management policies of the Sony Group.
• Oversees the management of Sony Group’s business operations.
• Appoints and removes the statutory committee members.
• Appoints and removes Corporate Executive Officers and Representative 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
Yutaka Nakagawa Executive Deputy President, Officer in charge of
Manufacturing, Logistics, Procurement and CS
Platform
Hiroshi Yoshioka Executive Deputy President, Officer in charge of
the Consumer Products, Professional Solutions,
and Device businesses
Keiji Kimura Executive Vice President, Officer in charge of
Intellectual Property and the Disc Manufacturing
business
Nicole Seligman Executive Vice President, General Counsel
Kazuo Hirai Executive Vice President, Officer in charge of the
Networked Products and Services businesses
Masaru Kato Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
** 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.
Ryuji Yasuda* (Chairman)
Tsun-Yan Hsieh*
Osamu Nagayama*
Audit Committee
•Monitorstheperformance ofduties byCorporateExecutive
Officers through reviewing structure to ensure the adequacy
of the financial reporting process, structure to enable
management to ensure the effectiveness of internal control
over financial reporting, structure to ensure timely and
appropriate disclosure, structure 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 by the Board of Directors in accordance with the
Companies Act of Japan and also monitors the performance
of duties by Directors through attending the Nominating
Committee or Compensation Committee and reviewing the
Business Report and the documents relating to the proxy
statement.
•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)
Mitsuaki Yahagi*
Kanemitsu Anraku*
Nominating Committee
• Determines the content of
proposals regarding the
appointment/dismissal of
Directors.
Yotaro Kobayashi* (Chairman)
Sir Peter Bonfield*
Fujio Cho*
Roland A. Hernandez*
Yorihiko Kojima*
Sir Howard Stringer
Ryoji Chubachi
Corporate Executives
• Carry out business operations within designated areas, including business units, headquarters functions, and/or research and development, in
accordance with the fundamental policies determined by the Board of Directors and the Corporate Executive Officers.
(Names and positions of new Directors and Corporate Executive Officers as of June 18, 2010)
* An Outside Director who satisfies the requirements under Item 15, Article 2 of the Companies Act of Japan