10 Sony executives
Spread across Sony Group, Sony Electronics, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Pictures, Sony AI and Sony Interactive Entertainment, these Sony executives all hold current roles, three of them at Sony Music. Partners pitching a deal that touches electronics, music, film and TV or games can hear the finance, strategy, technology and AI view at each business, including from the group's Chief Strategy Officer.
Professionals to explore
Geoff Taylor MBE
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice-President, Artificial Intelligence & AI Governance Officer · Sony Music Entertainment
Geoff Taylor has been Executive Vice-President, Artificial Intelligence & AI Governance Officer at Sony Music Entertainment since June 2023, reporting to the COO and responsible for directing and executing Sony Music's global strategy and policies on AI. Geoff was Chief Executive of British Phonographic Industry (BPI), BRIT Awards & Mercury Prize (2007–2022), General Counsel & Executive Vice-President at IFPI (2005–2007) and General Counsel at BPI (2003–2005).
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Jason Iley
LinkedInExperience: Chairman & CEO · Sony Music Entertainment
Chairman & CEO at Sony Music Entertainment since 2014, Jason Iley heads Sony Music's activities in the UK and Ireland, overseeing its frontline and imprint labels there. Jason was President of Roc Nation (2013–2014), President of Mercury Records Limited (2005–2013) and General Manager at Island Records (2000–2005). Label leadership at four companies makes Jason a fit for questions on artist and label partnerships in the UK and Ireland.
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Keith Le Goy
LinkedInExperience: Chairman, Sony Pictures Television · Sony Pictures Entertainment
Keith Le Goy has been Chairman, Sony Pictures Television at Sony Pictures Entertainment since January 2025. As Chairman, Distribution & Networks (2021–2025), Keith reported to the CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment with responsibility for Home Entertainment, TV and streaming distribution, after President, Distribution & Networks (2018–2021), President, Worldwide TV Distribution (2016–2018) and President, International Distribution at Sony (2006–2016).
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Kelly Davis
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Sony Electronics
Kelly Davis has been Chief Financial Officer of Sony Electronics since July 2025, after Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) there (2021–2025). Kelly's other Sony Electronics titles were Vice President, Digital Imaging Business Unit (2011–2015), Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Marketing Strategy (2015) and Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Planning & Control (2016–2021). Strategy and finance roles in one business make Kelly a fit for how Sony Electronics sizes and approves a partnership.
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Kirit Joshi
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and CIO Head of Global Technology · Sony Music Entertainment
Music technology and global information systems questions suit Kirit Joshi, Executive Vice President and CIO Head of Global Technology at Sony Music Entertainment since June 2018, after Senior Vice President - Global Information Systems & Technology there (2000–2018). Outside Sony, Kirit was Founding Board Member - Chairman of DDEX (2006–2009) and has been an Executive Board Member and Chair Emeritus since 2009.
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Lynn Azar
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Finance and Corporate Development · Sony Interactive Entertainment
PlayStation finance and corporate development questions go to Lynn Azar, SVP, Finance and Corporate Development at Sony Interactive Entertainment since April 2025, after SVP, Head Of Finance, PlayStation Studios (2020–2025). Before Sony, Lynn was Regional Finance Manager (2016–2019) and VP Finance, Technology (2019–2020) at Shell, and has been a Non Executive Board Member at Parex Resources since 2022.
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Michael Spranger
LinkedInExperience: President · SonyAI
Both President of SonyAI and COO of Sony Research since April 2023, Michael Spranger took those roles after COO of SonyAI (2020–2023), and has been a Distinguished Engineer at Sony since 2022. Michael is a roboticist by training and was a Senior Research Scientist at Sony (2018–2019). Sony AI, set up in April 2020, is Sony's strategic research and development organization, so Michael suits questions on Sony AI's research and development work.
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Taro Kimura
LinkedInExperience: Former President · Sony
Since June 2025, Taro Kimura has been President at Sony, after Senior Vice President at Sony Europe (2020–2025) and General Manager at the headquarters (2018–2020). Taro was also Managing Director (President) at Sony Middle East & Africa FZE (2016–2018) and Vice President, Strategy & Planning at Sony Europe Limited (2012–2016), and describes about twenty years in the United States, the UK and Europe, which suits regional market questions for electronics.
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Toshimoto Mitomo
LinkedInExperience: Representative Corporate Executive Officer Chief Strategy Officer · Sony Group
Group strategy and Sony's investment view are the topics for Toshimoto Mitomo, Representative Corporate Executive Officer Chief Strategy Officer at Sony Group since April 2025, who was Executive Deputy President and Chief Strategy Officer Corporate Executive Officer at Sony from April 2023. Toshimoto has also been a Senior Investment Executive at Sony Innovation Fund since 2016 and a Director of the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation since 2019.
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Wayne Garvie
LinkedInExperience: President · Sony Pictures Television
International TV production deals are the fit for Wayne Garvie, President of Sony Pictures Television since September 2017 and Chief Creative Officer, International Production at Sony Pictures Entertainment (2012–2020). Wayne also held Managing Director, International Production at All3Media International (2011–2013), MD, Content & Production at BBC Worldwide (2006–2010) and Head of Entertainment group at the BBC (2002–2006).
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Choose the right perspective
For a group-wide strategy or investment question, Toshimoto Mitomo is the Sony Group Chief Strategy Officer, while Kelly Davis and Taro Kimura cover electronics finance, strategy and regional business. Music deals fit Jason Iley, with Kirit Joshi for music technology and Geoff Taylor for AI strategy and policy; Wayne Garvie and Keith Le Goy cover film and TV, Lynn Azar covers PlayStation finance and Michael Spranger covers Sony AI research.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01When a partnership touches both Sony Music and Sony Pictures, who decides, and how are the economics split between the two businesses?
- 02What does Sony Group's strategy office expect a business unit to show before it backs a new investment?
- 03How does Sony Music decide which AI uses of its music it will license and which it will refuse?
About this directory
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