Brief Biography

Akira Ito, Representative Statutory Executive Officer,
Senior Managing Executive Officer,
Head of Corporate Governance Group
(Date of Birth: June 14, 1954)
June 2008	Representative Statutory Executive Officer, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Governance Group, General Counsel, Shinsei Bank, Limited (Current）
March 2007	Head of Legal and Corporate Governance Group, General Counsel, Shinsei Bank, Limited
February 2007	General Counsel, Shinsei Bank, Limited
March 2006	General Counsel, GE Commercial Finance Asia
April 2003	General Counsel, GE Asia Equipment Finance
October 2001	General Counsel, GE Capital Leasing Corporation (Predecessor of GE Financial Services Corporation)
June 1989	Partner, Baker & McKenzie
November 1982	Joined Baker & McKenzie
June 1980	Joined Whitman & Ransom
(As of June 25, 2008)

Latest Revision: June 25, 2008