Christopher Dods is Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer and he was appointed to First Hawaiian Bank’s Senior Management Committee in January 2016. He joined the Bank in 2007 in the Card Services Division where he managed the Bank’s payment business overseeing credit and debit card operations, new product development, risk and compliance prior to adding responsibility for the Marketing Communications Division, Digital Banking Division, consumer credit and deposit products. He is also responsible for Enterprise Technology Management, Enterprise Operations Services, Data and Analytics and Strategy and Transformation. He previously worked in a business development capacity for Hawaii Gas and Mid-Pac Petroleum working on mergers and acquisitions. He has held marketing, advertising, business development positions while working in San Francisco and Beijing China. He serves as a Board member for the First Hawaiian Bank Foundation, Mid-Pacific Institute, and is on the advisory board of First Insurance of Hawaii. He earned an MBA in Marketing and Finance from the University of California, Davis and a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.