Mr. Robert S. Harrison is a Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at First Hawaiian, Inc., an Independent Director at Alexander & Baldwin Investments LLC, a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at First Hawaiian Bank, a Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at First Hawaiian Bank and a Chairman at Hawaii Business Roundtable.

He is on the Board of Directors at Alexander & Baldwin Investments LLC, Aloha Harvest, Blood Bank of Hawaii, Chaminade University of Honolulu, Hawaii Medical Service Association, Inc., Japan-America Society of Hawaii, Maryknoll School, Pacific Guardian Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu and Hawaii Community Foundation.

He became Chief Executive Officer in January 2012, named Chairman of First Hawaiian Bank in May 2014 and was reappointed the President in August 2019.

He served as Chief Operating Officer of First Hawaiian Bank from December 2009 to January 2012 and as its President from December 2009 to June 2015.

He was named Vice Chairman in 2007 and served as the bank’s Chief Risk Officer from 2006 to 2009.

He has over 30 years of financial industry experience working for banks in New York and in Hawaii.

Mr. Harrison was previously employed as a Vice Chairman by BancWest Corp. (Hawaii) and a President by Hawaii Bankers Association.

He received his bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles and an MBA from Cornell University in New York.