Mr. Uyeda, the lead independent director, a member of the compensation committee, and the chair of the corporate governance and nominating committee of First Hawaiian, has served on the board First Hawaiian Bank since 2001, as the chairman of the risk committee of First Hawaiian from 2012 to 2022, and the board and risk committee of BancWest from 2012 to 2019.  From 1995 to 2014, Mr. Uyeda was Chief Executive Officer of First Insurance Company of Hawaii, a Honolulu-based property and casualty insurance company that, during the course of Mr. Uyeda’s leadership, became a subsidiary of Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc., a multinational insurance holding company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Previously, Mr. Uyeda served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Agency and Brokerage Group of Continental Insurance Company, prior to its acquisition by CNA Financial Corporation, a public unified holding company for insurance entities.   

He currently serves as the Chair of the Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship Foundation and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Hawaii Shidler College of Business. 

Mr. Uyeda holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.