Retired Army Chief of Staff Eric Shinseki Named to Board of BancWest Corporation
(Honolulu, Hawai‘i and San Francisco, California, June 3, 2004) – Retired U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Eric K. Shinseki has been named to the Board of Directors of BancWest Corporation, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Walter A. Dods, Jr. announced today.
Shinseki retired from the U.S. Army last August after a distinguished 38-year military career capped by four years (1999-2003) as Chief of Staff, the top uniformed position in the Army. He was born on the island of Kaua’i in Hawai‘i and is the first person of Asian ancestry to lead one of the American military services.
“We are delighted to add an American leader with such experience and wisdom to our board,” Dods said. “General Shinseki has a sterling reputation both here in the Islands and across the nation.”
Shinseki graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and holds a master’s degree from Duke University. During his Army career, he led troops in combat in Vietnam, where he was wounded twice and had to appeal to remain in the service. He went on to serve in command and staff positions worldwide, leading major commands in Europe and commanding the peacekeeping force in Bosnia.
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About BancWest: BancWest Corporation (www.bancwestcorp.com) is a financial holding company with assets of $38.9 billion. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Paris-based BNP Paribas. BancWest is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, with an administrative headquarters in San Francisco, California. Its principal subsidiaries are Bank of the West (295 branches in California, Oregon, New Mexico, Nevada, Washington state and Idaho) and First Hawaiian Bank (61 branches in Hawai‘i, Guam and Saipan).
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