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Sony Corporation Executive Appointments(ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 20 June 2014 Release date- 20062014 - Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation announced the appointment of members to its Board of Directors following approval at the 97th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders that took place today, along with the company's Chairman of the Board, Chairman and Members of the Nominating, Compensation and Audit Committees, Representative Corporate Executive Officers and Corporate Executive Officers appointed at a Meeting of the Board of Directors held after the above mentioned General Meeting of Shareholders. Members of the Board *The candidates have not changed since the announcement on May 13. Kazuo HiraiRepresentative Corporate Executive Officer, President and CEOKenichiro Yoshida(**)Representative Corporate Executive Officer, EVP and CFOKanemitsu Anraku(*)Director, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.Osamu Nagayama(*)Representative Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Takaaki Nimura(*)Certified Public AccountantEikoh Harada(*)Chairman, Director, McDonald's Holdings Company (Japan), Ltd. McDonald's Company (Japan), LtdJoichi Ito(*)Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media LabTim SchaaffRetired President, Sony Network Entertainment International LLC Independent Startup AdvisorKazuo Matsunaga(*)(**)Retired Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and IndustryKoichi Miyata(*)(**)President, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.John V. Roos(*)(**)Former United States Ambassador to JapanEriko Sakurai(*)(**)Chairman and CEO, Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd (*) An Outside Director who satisfies the requirements under Item 15, Article 2 of the Companies Act of Japan (**) New Members of the Board Chairman of the Board Chairman of the BoardOsamu Nagayama Chairman and Members of the Committees Nominating Committee ChairOsamu NagayamaMembersJoichi Ito, Tim Schaaff, Koichi Miyata, John V. Roos Kazuo Hirai, Kenichiro Yoshida Compensation Committee ChairEikoh HaradaMembersEriko Sakurai, Kenichiro Yoshida Audit Committee ChairTakaaki NimuraMembersKanemitsu Anraku, Kazuo Matsunaga Corporate Executive Officers (*concurrently a Director) *The candidates have not changed since the announcement on May 30. Representative Corporate Executive Officers Kazuo Hirai*President and Chief Executive OfficerKenichiro Yoshida*Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer Corporate Executive Officers Tadashi SaitoExecutive Vice President Officer in charge of Medical Business Unit President of Medical Business UnitShoji NemotoExecutive Vice President Officer in charge of Professional Solutions Business, Digital Imaging Business and Disk Manufacturing Business President of Imaging Products & Solutions Sector President of Professional Solutions GroupTomoyuki SuzukiExecutive Vice President Officer in charge of Device Solutions Business and RDS PlatformKunimasa SuzukiExecutive Vice President Officer in charge of Mobile Business and UX, Product Strategy and Creative PlatformKunitaka FujitaExecutive Vice President Officer in charge of Human Resources and General AffairsShiro Kambe (Promoted)Executive Vice President Officer in charge of Legal, Compliance, Corporate Communications, CSR, External Relations and Brand (c) 2014 Electronic News Publishing - |