PROTON Bank S.A. announces a change in its Board of Directors. More specifically, on the Board meeting of November 21st 2008, Mr. Stavros M. Lekkakos and Mr. Ioannis F. Viggopoulos were elected as new members for the remaining time of its tenure, in replacement of Mr. Elias G. Lianos and Ms. Maria D. Markopoulou who resigned from the Board. The election of the new members will be submitted to the next General Meeting for approval. Mr. Stavros Lekkakos and Mr. Antonios Athanassoglou were designated as persons responsible towards the Bank of Greece.

Consequently, after the above replacements, the Board of Directors of PROTON Bank S.A., convened into a Body as follows:

1. Mr. Stavros M. Lekkakos, Chairman, Non-Executive Member.
2. Anthony I. Athanassoglou, Vice- Chairman, Executive Member
3. Athanasios J. Papaspiliou, Managing Director, Executive Member
4. Dimitrios G. Saramantis, Executive Member
5. Sotiria Massaveta - Theodossi, Executive Member
6. Paschalis P. Giouchas, Executive Member
7. Evangelos D. Papaevangelou, Non-Executive Member
8. George P. Minettas, Non-Executive Member
9. Ioannis F. Viggopoulos, Non-Executive Member
10. Alexandra G. Stavropoulou, Independent Non-Executive Member
11. Panagiotis D. Alexakis, Independent Non-Executive Member