Press Release

First Hawaiian Bank Announces Vice President Promotions ofTricia Fujikawa Lee and Wayne Lee

August 14, 2012 at 11:13 AM EDT
(Honolulu, Hawaii, August 14, 2012 – First Hawaiian Bank President and Chief Executive Officer Bob Harrison today announced the promotion of the following bank officers to vice president:
  • Tricia K. Fujikawa Lee has been promoted from vice president and corporate compliance officer to vice president and deputy corporate compliance officer, Corporate Compliance Division.   Lee manages and administers the bank's Compliance Management Program to ensure that the bank adheres to applicable laws and regulations.  Prior to joining First Hawaiian in 2008, she was an associate attorney with the law firm Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert. She earned a bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a juris doctorate degree from the UH William S. Richardson School of Law.
  • Wayne J. Lee has been promoted from assistant vice president and senior credit examiner to vice president and chief credit examiner, Audit Division.  Lee is responsible for directing credit examination activities to ensure the bank's internal controls and monitoring systems for credit risk are accurate and effective.  He has over 34 years of banking experience, joining First Hawaiian in 1992. He has a bachelor's degree in business administration from Chaminade University.

First Hawaiian Bank (fhb.com) with assets of $16.1 billion was founded in 1858 and is Hawaii's oldest and largest bank offering its customers Service, Solutions and Security.   The bank has 58 branches in Hawaii, three on Guam and two on Saipan.