Hellenic Bank Public Company Ltd. announced that the Board of Directors of the Bank, during its meeting held, decided the appointment of Mr. Oliver Gatzke as the new Chief Executive Officer of Hellenic Bank Group. Mr. Oliver Gatzke has been, until August last year, the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Technology Officer of European systemic bank, Hamburg Commercial Bank AG (formerly HSH Nordbank AG). The appointment of Mr. O. Gatzke is subject to the approval of the European Central Bank /Central Bank of Cyprus. In the meantime, the duties of the Chief Executive Officer continue to be officiated by Mr. Phivos Stasopoulos, General Manager, Business.