Dec.20.2004

Japanese Bankers Association

FY2005 Vice Chairmen and Committee Assignments Decided

The Board of Directors Meeting held on December 21 nominated six Vice Chairmen for fiscal 2005 and assigned five standing Committees to the Chairman and the Vice Chairmen as follows.

These Chairman and Vice Chairmen will be officially elected at the Board of Directors Meeting in April 2005. The official assignment to Committees will be made at the Chair Committee meeting to be held after the new Chairman and Vice Chairmen are officially elected.

[Chairman]
Terunobu Maeda
(Planning Committee)
(Market and International Committee)
President & CEO, Mizuho Financial Group


[Vice Chairman]

Haruya Uehara
(Public Committee)

President, Mitsubishi Trust and Banking
Nobuo Kuroyanagi
(Business Committee)

President, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
Yoshifumi Nishikawa
(Operations Committee)

President & CEO, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Toshio Seya

President, Toho Bank
Yasuo Matsuura

President, Shizuoka Bank
Iwao Takamuki

President, North Pacific Bank