At its meeting of 26 February 2009, the Board of Directors of National Bank of Greece elected Mr. Theodoros Abatzoglou, political scientist and pharmacist, as an independent non-executive director of the Board, in replacement of Mr. Georgios Mergos who has resigned. His term of office will last through to the Bank's AGM of 2010, the time originally set as the end of Mr. Georgios Mergos's term of office.
Furthermore, in line with Para. 3, Article 1 of Law 3723/2008 on "supporting liquidity in the economy in response to the impact of the international financial crisis", the Hellenic State appointed Mr. Alexandros Makridis, economist, to represent it as an additional member of the Bank's Board.