Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications named Hideki Komiyama as its new top executive as it announced that Miles Flint will step down for personal reasons.
Flint, who became president of the company in 2004, will remain executive adviser to Komiyama, currently chairman of the board of Sony Electronics Inc., USA, and EVP Electronics Marketing and Sales Strategies of Sony Corp., Japan, until the end of the year. Komiyama will take up his position Nov. 1.
