FIRST HAWAIIAN PROMOTES THREE TO VICE CHAIRMAN
Fujioka, Harrison and Ono Represent the Core Management Team of the Future

(Honolulu, Hawaii, October 23, 2007) - First Hawaiian Bank President and Chief Executive Officer Don Horner today announced the promotion of three veteran executive vice presidents to vice chairman, calling them “the core of the bank's senior management team of the future.”

Promoted to Vice Chairmen were Robert T. Fujioka, Robert S. Harrison, and Raymond S. Ono.

“These three exceptionally qualified, executives represent the core of the bank's senior management team of the future,” Horner said. “They each have exceptional leadership skills and their demonstrated core values are very much aligned with those of the bank.”

Fujioka, a member of the senior management committee, will be the bank's chief lending officer and be responsible for the Commercial Banking Group. He will have overall responsibility for the bank's lending activities in the areas of commercial real estate, corporate banking and leasing.

He joined First Hawaiian Bank in 1996 and has over 33 years of banking experience both in Hawaii and on the U.S mainland. He was born in Honolulu, graduated from Punahou and holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and a master's of business administration from the University of Hawaii. He is a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School.

Fujioka serves on several community boards including the Japanese American National Museum, American Red Cross-Hawaii State Chapter (past Chair), Boys & Girls Club of Honolulu, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Child & Family Service, Kapiolani Health Foundation, La Pietra-Hawaii School for Girls, Enterprise Honolulu, Hawaii International Dyslexia Association (Advisory), and Marina West Community Association.

Harrison, also a current member of the bank's senior management committee, is currently executive vice president and Chief Risk Officer. In addition to having responsibilities for credit underwriting and operational risk, he will add trust and investment functions to his responsibilities.

He joined First Hawaiian Bank in 1996 and has over 19 years of experience in the financial services industry in Hawaii and the US Mainland. He earned a degree in applied mathematics at UCLA and an MBA from Cornell University.

Active in the community, Harrison is chairman of the Aloha Harvest organization and serves on the board of the Hawaii Community Reinvestment Corporation. He also serves as treasurer on the Marynoll School board and is on the Finance Committee for Sacred Hearts Church.

Ono, a member of the bank's senior management committee, will be responsible for the Business Banking and Wealth Management Group which includes Private Banking, Private Advisory Services, BancWest Investment Services and overall business banking.

He was born in Honolulu and is a graduate of Iolani School, holds both an undergraduate and MBA from Willamette University and is a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School. He joined First Hawaiian in 1978 as a trainee and worked his way through the ranks.

Ono serves on the boards of the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific, Aloha United Way, Boy Scouts of America and the Iolani Alumni Association.

First Hawaiian Bank ($12.5 billion in total assets) was founded in 1858 and is Hawaii's oldest and largest bank. It has 57 branches in Hawaii, three on Guam and two on Saipan. It is a subsidiary of BancWest Corporation (www.bancwestcorp.com), a financial holding company with assets of $71.7 billion.

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