First Hawaiian, Inc. announced the appointment of Michael Fujimoto, executive chairman of Hawaii Planing Mill Ltd. dba HPM Building Supply, to serve on the Board of Directors of First Hawaiian, Inc. Fujimoto was appointed as a member of the Audit Committee and the Risk Committee of the Company's Board of Directors, and currently serves on the board of directors of First Hawaiian Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Fujimoto has led HPM Building Supply in various leadership roles including executive chairman, director, and president and chief executive officer from 1992-2018. He is currently a Trustee of the Parker Ranch Foundation Trust and has been Chairman of the Board and a member of the Audit and Governance Committees of Parker Ranch Inc., a privately held ranching operation located in Waimea on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Fujimoto also serves as the Trustee and Chairman of the HPM Building Supply Foundation, Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Kohala Institute and Vice President of the Board of the New Moon Foundation. He holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley.