Shinsei Bank Bolsters Communications, Investor Relations Capability.

Tokyo, Japan, Sept 25, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Underscoring its commitment to transparency and openness with all stakeholders, Shinsei Bank, Limited (TSE: 8303) today announced the hiring of two seasoned professionals to head its corporate communications and investors relations divisions.

To keep key stakeholders fully informed about the bank's strategy and performance, Shinsei Bank has brought in Raymond Spencer to oversee domestic and international investor relations as Chief Investor Relations Officer for the Group Investor Relations Division. Fluent in Japanese, Spencer has an MSc degree from the University of Tsukuba (Japan) and an MBA from ENPC Graduate School of International Business (France). With over 12 years in Japan, he worked at ORIX, Johnson Controls and AMD in the fields of finance, energy/environment and IT in roles covering investor and public relations and sales and marketing.

Shinsei Bank has also hired veteran journalist Donald Macintyre to head its Corporate Communications Division. Macintyre spent more than a decade in Japan at the Nihon Keizai newspaper, Bloomberg and Time magazine before moving to South Korea to set up and run Time's Seoul bureau. Also a fluent Japanese speaker, he just completed a year-long fellowship at Stanford University, where he organized a conference on U.S. media coverage of the Korean peninsula.

"In today's world of globalizing markets and fragmenting media, clear and timely communication with journalists, investors and the public is more critical than ever," said Thierry Porte, Shinsei Bank's president and chief executive officer. "That's why we're putting a strong team in place."

Shinsei's corporate communications and group investor relations divisions will be working closely together to communicate Shinsei's story, values and brand message to all its stakeholders.

About Shinsei Bank

Shinsei Bank is a Japanese financial institution providing a full range of financial products and services to both institutional and retail customers based on a three pillar strategic business model comprising Institutional Banking, Consumer and Commercial Finance and Retail Banking. The Bank has total assets of US$ 92 billion on a consolidated basis (as of March 2007) and a network of 30 Shinsei Bank branches in Japan. Shinsei Bank demands uncompromising levels of integrity and transparency in all its activities to earn the trust of customers, staff and shareholders. The Bank is committed to delivering long-term profit growth and increasing value for all its stakeholders. News and other information about Shinsei Bank are available at www.shinseibank.com/english.

Source: Shinsei Bank

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