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Sony Corporation Nobuyuki Idei, a member of Accenture’s board of directors since February 2006, is Chief Corporate Advisor and Chairman of the Advisory Board of Sony Corporation. He has held those positions since June 2005, when he stepped down as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the company. Prior to being appointed Chairman and CEO in June 2000, Mr. Idei held a wide variety of leadership positions at Sony, including serving as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1999-2000 and President and Representative Director from 1995-1999. He has spent his entire professional career with Sony, joining the company after graduating from college in 1960.
Outside of Sony, Mr. Idei has been Counsellor to the Bank of Japan since April 1999. In May 2003 he was appointed Vice Chairman of Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), where he serves as Chairman of their Committee on Administrative Reform.
Mr. Idei played a key role in moving Sony into the digital age and in developing and enhancing Sony’s renowned design and brand image throughout his career. He oversaw the areas of Corporate Communications and Advertising as a Director and then Managing Director of Sony Corporation from 1989-1995.
With his strong background in international marketing, Mr. Idei contributed significantly to Sony’s reputation as one of the worldwide leaders in the consumer audio/ video industry as Deputy Senior General Manager, Video Group (1986) and Senior General Manager, Home Video Group (1988). He was instrumental in Sony’s involvement in the computer business and was a key figure in the establishment of Sony’s compact disc market and the strengthening of Sony’s consumer VCR business. Internationally he was active in the establishment of Sony’s European market presence, particularly through the opening of Sony France in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s.
Mr. Idei currently serves on the board of Nestlé S.A and has also served on the boards of Electrolux and General Motors. He was a member of the IT Strategy Council, an advisory committee to Japan’s Prime Minister, from July 2000 to February 2005 and served as the Council’s Chairman from July to November 2000.
Mr. Idei received a B.S. degree in Economics & Politics from Waseda University in Tokyo in 1960. He also attended L’Institute des Hautes Etudes Internationales in Geneva, Switzerland, and is fluent in English and French.
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