Leadership
Biography : Katsumi Ihara

Outside Director * Independent Directors are based on the rules of Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Katsumi Ihara
Date of Birth : September 24, 1950
Profile
| May 1981 | Joined Sony Corporation (currently Sony Group Corporation) |
| June 2005 | Director, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Deputy President, Sony Corporation |
| Apr. 2009 | Executive Officer, Executive Deputy President, Sony Corporation |
| June 2009 | Representative Director, Executive Deputy President, Sony Financial Holdings Inc. |
| June 2010 | Representative Director, President, Sony Financial Holdings Inc. |
| June 2011 | Representative Director, President, Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd. |
| Apr. 2015 | Director, Chairman, Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd. |
| June 2016 | Director, Chairman, Sony Financial Holdings Inc. |
| June 2018 | Independent Director, Chairman of the Board, Hitachi, Ltd. |
| June 2019 | Outside Director, Benesse Holdings Corporation |
| June 2026 | Outside Director of the Company (to present) |









