MetroCorp Bancshares Inc.

David C. Choi. Mr. Choi was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank in November 2004. Mr. Choi has over 24 years experience in finance, banking and manufacturing. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Choi served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of TECO-Westinghouse Motor Company in Round Rock, Texas, where he was responsible for all financial and administrative operations since 2000. From 1988 to 1999, Mr. Choi held different positions at JP Morgan Chase Bank in Houston. He was Senior Client Manager and Vice President of International Banking since 1995, having previously served as Vice President and Trust Officer of Corporate Trust for Chase. Mr. Choi holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin, and a Master of Business Administration, with a concentration in Finance, from Michigan State University.

Terrance J. Tangen . Mr. Tangen was named Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of MetroBank in October 2001. Mr. Tangen has over 30 years experience in bank lending and credit. Prior to joining MetroBank, he served as a Senior Vice President and Credit Officer for Bank One. Mr. Tangen joined Bank One in 1997 as a Credit Approval Officer responsible for reviewing and approving corporate, commercial and energy loans. Prior to joining Bank One, Mr. Tangen served as Loan Supervisor for Wells Fargo Bank in Houston responsible for commercial and energy credit approval. He began his career in Denver in 1974 as a credit analyst. After 15 years as a lender, manager and Vice President of Credit Administration for two banks in that market, he moved to First Interstate Bank in Houston as a Senior Vice President and Manager of Credit Review. In 1992, he became the Senior Credit Officer for their south Texas market. He continued in that capacity through that bank s merger with Wells Fargo in 1996. Mr. Tangen earned his Bachelor degree from the Minnesota State University Moorhead and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Colorado. He is also a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School in Seattle. Mr. Tangen is a Past President and member of the board of the Texas Chapter of RMA The Risk Management Association. Each executive officer of the Company is elected by the Board of Directors of the Company and holds office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.

David Tai is a director of the Company and was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank in 1988. Mr. Tai is the Executive Vice President and Secretary of the Company and the President and Vice Chairman of the Board of the Bank, where he serves on the Directors Credit Committee. Mr. Tai was elected as President of the Bank in March 1999. Mr. Tai is a leader in the Asian-American community through his active involvement in several organizations. He is currently the President of the Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston. He is the Executive Advisor of the Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce of North America, an organization that has members in 25 cities across the United States, Canada and Mexico. He is also active in the World Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce and serves as its Executive Consular. He received a Bachelors of Business Administration degree from Fu-Jen Catholic University in Taiwan in 1974 and a Masters in Business Administration degree from Murray State University in 1977. Mr. Tai is a member of the Asian Realtors Association, the Asian Chamber of Commerce and the United Way. He is a Counselor at the Taiwanese Cultural Center. Mr. Tai is the brother-in-law of Mr. John Lee.

Mr. Roff was elected as a Class III director of the Company in 2003 and has been a director of the Bank since 2001. Mr. Roff is the Vice Chairman of Roff Resources LLC, a private investment firm and has served in that capacity since 1998. From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Roff was Vice Chairman and Director of PetroUnited Terminals, Inc., a bulk liquid storage services company. Mr. Roff received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 1987 and while there, was the Scholarly Publications Editor of the Texas International Law Journal. Mr. Roff also was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University in 1983, with high honors. He is actively involved in various charitable and civic organizations.

Mr. Wang is a Class II director of the Company and organizing director of the Bank. Mr. Wang serves as Chairman of the Board of the Company and the Bank. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of New Era Life Insurance Company, and has done so since 1989. He has served as a Board member of the Greater Houston Partnership since 1991 and served on the Supervisory Board of Directors of the World Trade Division and serves on the board of directors of Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau. Mr. Wang is Chairman of the Board of the Chinese Senior Estate – HUD Senior Housing Project. He has served on the Boards of Directors of Harris County Hospital District and served on the Advisory Board Committee of the Ex-Im Bank of the U.S. in Washington, D. C. Mr. Wang has a history of community leadership in Houston. He has actively participated in the promotion of Asian businesses and has played a principal role in relationship building between the Asian and non-Asian communities in and around Houston. He held the position of President of the Chambers of Commerce of North America from 1991 to 1992. Also, Mr. Wang was an active member of the Houston Asian Chamber of Commerce. He has received many awards for his work in community relations. He received a Bachelors of Science degree from National Chung Hsing University and a Masters in Science degree from Utah State University. Mr. Wang is the brother of Ms. Helen F. Chen.

Mr. Monto was elected a Class II director of the Company in 2004 and has been a director of the bank since 2001. Mr. Monto is a private investor and is President of the Board of Harris County Municipal Utility District #191. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Monto was President and Chief Operating Officer of Reliant Energy International and from 1984 to 1996 held senior positions in marketing and business development of various oil, petroleum and chemical companies in the United States and abroad. He has served on the Boards of various charitable, civic and educational institutions. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Miami.

Mr. Lee is a Class II director of the Company and was an organizing director of the bank. He is Executive Vice President of Alpha Seafood Enterprises, Inc. and serves as the Treasurer, Director and co-founder of United Oriental Capital Corporation, a Specialized Small Business Investment Company. For six years, Mr. Lee served as President and manager for numerous motels in the Houston area. Mr. Lee received a Bachelors degree in Economics from National Chung Hsing University. He is a member of the Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce of North America. Mr. Lee is the brother-in-law of Mr. David Tai. Mr. Lee is not related to Mr. George Lee.

Mr. Balasubramanian was appointed as a class III director to the holding company board of directors on November 27, 2007. Mr. Balasubramanian retired from Texas Instruments in 2006 after thirty seven years career. From 2001-2006 he was the President and Chairman of the board of Texas Instruments, Japan where he was responsible for Executive management supervision regulator matters as well as technological operations. Prior to 2001 Mr. Balasubramanian held various senior positions at Texas Instruments. Mr. Balasubramanian holds a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island. He is currently involved in various charitable organizations.

Mr. Ang is a Class III director of the Company who was first appointed to the board in April 2000. Mr. Ang has been involved in real estate development in Malaysia, Hong Kong, China and the United States for more than five years. He is Chairman of the Board of Erimos Pharmaceutical, a joint venture oncology drug development company with Johns Hopkins University. Mr. Ang is the Chairman of the Board and the controlling shareholder of Gaumnitz, Inc. Gaumnitz, Inc. owns the building in which the Company's corporate headquarters and the Bank's Bellaire branch is located.

Ms. Chen is a Class I director of the Company and was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank in 1989. She is the President of Metro Investment Group, Inc., an investment company that holds shares of Common Stock of the Company as its principal asset. She has served as the President of the Houston Chinese Schools Association and served as Chairman of the Board of the Houston Northwest Chinese School for many years. A member of various civic organizations in Houston, Ms. Chen focuses her efforts in the Chinese community. Ms. Chen is the sister of Don J. Wang. Ms. Chen is not related to Mr. Tommy F. Chen.

Ms. Chu is a Class II director of the Company and an organizing director of the Bank. Ms. Chu serves on the Company's Compensation Committee and Audit Committee. She is the founder of Signet Consulting, a bank management consulting firm specializing in regulatory issues and has served as its President for more than fifteen years. She received a Bachelors degree in Physics from the University of California at Berkeley and a Ph.D. in Economics from Case Western Reserve University. Ms. Chu was employed at Texas Commerce Bank and Texas Commerce Bancshares, Inc. for more than five years, first in the Economics Division and subsequently in Mergers/Acquisitions.

Robert W. Hsueh . Mr. Hsueh was appointed as a Class I director of the Company in June 2007. He has been practicing International and Immigration Law in the Dallas area for the past 27 years and is currently the Managing Partner at the Law Offices of Robert Hsueh. Mr. Hsueh is currently an Arbitrator to the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, a member of the Board of Directors of the DFW International Airport, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the World Affairs Council of Greater Dallas, a member of U.S. Senators John Cornyn s and Kay Bailey Hutchison s Federal Judiciary Evaluation Committee, Chairman for the Dallas-China Partnership, the Hong Kong Association of Northern Texas, founding Chairman of the Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce. Formerly, Mr. Hsueh has served as a Board member for the Texas Department of Economic Development Board and the State of Texas International Trade commission. He received a Bachelor of Law from the Soochow University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the Southern Methodist University School of Law.

Ms. Clayton was appointed as a Class I director of the Company and a director of MetroBank in April 2004 and serves as a member of the Company's Audit Committee. She was appointed as a director of Metro United Bank in October 2005. She retired as the President and CEO of Abmaxis Inc., a subsidiary of Merck & Co.. From 2000 to 2003, she was the Chief Financial Officer of CBYON Inc., a surgical instrument company. Prior to joining CBYON, she was a co-founder, President and Chief Financial Officer of Raven Biotechnologies. She has been President, CEO or CFO of several technology companies, including Protein Design Labs and Genentech. From 1976 to 1981, she was with the Bank of America where she served in both lending and operations functions, including Head of Corporate Banking in Mountain View, California and Assistant Branch Manager. Ms. Clayton received a Masters of Business Administration degree from the Stanford Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from Smith College.