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Chairman of the Board: Howard Stringer
Vice Chairman: Osamu Nagayama*
Kazuo Hirai Sony Corporation Representative Corporate
Executive Ocer, President and CEO
Ryoji Chubachi Sony Corporation Representative Corporate
Executive Ocer, Vice Chairman
Masaru Kato Sony Corporation Corporate Executive Ocer,
EVP and CFO
Peter Bonfield* Chairman of the Board, NXP Semiconductors
N.V.
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 Ocer
and President, Berlitz Corporation
Mitsuaki Yahagi* Special Advisor, The Japan Research Institute,
Ltd.
Tsun-Yan Hsieh* Founder & Chairman, LinHart Group
Roland A. Hernandez* Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Ocer,
Telemundo Group, Inc.
Kanemitsu Anraku* Director, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
Yorihiko Kojima* Chairman of the Board, Mitsubishi Corporation
Osamu Nagayama* Representative Director, Chairman and Chief
Executive Ocer, Chugai Pharmaceutical
Co., Ltd.
Takaaki Nimura* Certified Public Accountant
Supervision
Board of Directors
• Determines the fundamental management policies of the Sony Group.
• Oversees the performance of the duties of Directors and Corporate Executive Ocers.
• Appoints and dismisses the statutory committee members.
• Appoints and dismisses Corporate Executive Ocers and Representative Corporate Executive Ocers.
Board of Directors, Sony Corporation (as of June 27, 2012)
Management
Corporate Executive Ocers
• Make decisions regarding the management of Sony Group business activities within the scope of the authority delegated to them by the Board of Directors.
Kazuo Hirai** Representative Corporate Executive Ocer,
President and CEO
Ryoji Chubachi** Representative Corporate Executive Ocer,
Vice Chairman
Hiroshi Yoshioka Executive Deputy President, Ocer in charge
of Medical Business
Keiji Kimura Executive Vice President, Ocer in charge of
Intellectual Property
Nicole Seligman Executive Vice President, General Counsel
Masaru Kato** Corporate Executive Ocer, EVP and CFO
Tadashi Saito Corporate Executive Ocer, Executive Vice
President and Chief Strategy Ocer
Shoji Nemoto Corporate Executive Ocer, EVP
Ocer in charge of Professional Solutions
Business, Digital Imaging Business, Disk
Manufacturing Business, System & Software
Technology Platform and Corporate R&D
Tomoyuki Suzuki Corporate Executive Ocer, Executive Vice
President
Ocer in charge of Semiconductor Business,
Device Solutions Business, Advanced Device
Technology Platform
Kunimasa Suzuki Corporate Executive Ocer, Executive Vice
President
Ocer in charge of PC Business, Mobile
Business and UX, Product Strategy and
Creative Platform
** Representative Corporate Executive Ocer 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 Ocers in accordance with
the policy.
Ryuji Yasuda* (Chairman)
Tsun-Yan Hsieh*
Masaru Kato
Audit Committee
• Monitors the performance of the duties of Corporate Executive Ocers
and Directors.
• Oversees the performance of the independent auditor.
• Reviews the nancial statements and business report to be submitted
to shareholders.
Takaaki Nimura* (Chairman)
Mitsuaki Yahagi*
Kanemitsu Anraku*
Nominating Committee
• Determines the content of proposals
regarding the appointment/dismissal of
Directors.
Peter Bonfield* (Chairman)
Osamu Nagayama*
Roland A. Hernandez*
Yorihiko Kojima*
Howard Stringer
Kazuo Hirai
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 Ocers.
(Names and positions of new Directors and Corporate Executive Ocers as of June 27, 2012)
* An Outside Director who satisfies the requirements under Item 15, Article 2 of the Companies Act of Japan
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