Sony Corporation and Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) have announced that John Kodera, currently deputy president of SIE, has been appointed president and CEO of SIE, effective immediately. Current president and Global CEO Andrew House will transition from operational management of SIE, but will remain with SIE as chairman through the year to ensure a smooth transition.
Kodera has also been appointed as representative director and president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, SIE's Japan-based legal entity, while House becomes director and chairman of Sony Interactive Entertainment. Kodera will assume overall operational responsibility for SIE including its game and network services businesses globally.
In conjunction with the management transition at SIE, House is stepping down from his role as EVP, corporate executive officer of Sony Corporation, also effective immediately. Kodera will continue his role as a business executive of Sony Corporation.
