May 18, 2005

FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK ANNOUNCES ELECTION OF HIAM, KURREN, MAILER AS DIRECTORS

(Honolulu, Hawai‘i, May 18, 2005) – First Hawaiian Bank today announced the election of three new members to its Board of Directors. They are:

  • Robert P. Hiam, President & Chief Executive Officer of Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA);
  • Faye Watanabe Kurren, President of Hawaii Dental Services; and
  • Dee Jay Mailer, Chief Executive Officer of Kamehameha Schools.

“First Hawaiian is fortunate that these three talented executives, all of whom have deep roots in Hawai‘i, have agreed to serve,” said First Hawaiian Chief Executive Officer Don Horner. “They add a wealth of experience to our Board.”
 
Hiam has been President and Chief Executive Officer of HMSA, Hawaii’s largest health care plan, since 1995. He has been with HMSA since 1970, previously serving as Chief Financial Officer and head of Government Programs and Data Processing.
 
Hiam attended Pacific Lutheran University in Washington and graduated from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. He is Chairman of the Board of Aloha United Way, Pacific Health Research Institute and the HMSA Foundation and also serves on numerous boards of directors for the health care industry and on many nonprofit boards in the Islands.
 
Kurren was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Hawaii Dental Service, the largest provider of dental benefits in the state, in 2003. Previously, she served as President of Tesoro Hawaii Corp. from 1998 to 2003, overseeing its refining, distribution and retail operations for the mid-Pacific region. Kurren originally joined Pacific Resources, Inc. (PRI) as legal counsel in 1984. PRI later became BHP Hawaii and then Tesoro.

A graduate of Punahou School, Kurren holds a law degree from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa; a master’s from the University of Chicago; and a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University. She is the chair of the Hawai‘i State Commission on the Status of Women and serves on numerous corporate and nonprofit boards of directors. 
 
Before becoming Kamehameha CEO last year, Mailer had a 27-year career in health care, including serving as Chief Executive Officer of Kaiser Permanente Hawai‘i. She later served as Chief Administrative and Operating Officer of Health Net, Inc., a California health insurance program, and as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director of The Global Fund, a Swiss foundation that supports health programs in developing countries.
 
Mailer, a graduate of Kamehameha, earned a degree in nursing and an MBA from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. She has been active in the Hawai`i Business Roundtable and in several nonprofit boards of directors.

About First Hawaiian Bank
 
First Hawaiian Bank ($10.8 billion assets) was founded in 1858 and is Hawaii's oldest and largest bank. It has 56 branches in Hawaii, three on Guam and two on Saipan.