En af Sonys mest velkendte galionsfigurer, Chris Deering, der om noget, var manden der med stor succes fik den første PlayStation ind under huden på os europæere, har meddelt at han stopper hos Sony ved udgangen af år 2005.
Chris Deering, der har været chef hos Sony i England siden starten af halvfemserne overgiver chefstolen til den japanske Fujio Nishida, der i øjeblikket er ansat hos Sony i Japan og de seneste par år har været chef for Electronics Marketing.
Howard Stinger, bestyrelsesmedlem og CEO hos Sony Corporation sagde følgende om Deering:
"Chris Deering has made brilliant contributions to Sony Corporation throughout his career as president of Sony Europe, President and later Chairman of SCEE and as a senior executive at Sony Pictures. The company will long benefit from all the initiatives he has put into place. He has earned our respect, our admiration and our gratitude and we wish him continued success as he moves on in his career."