
Description Mr. Yamasato has over thirty-eight (38) years of architectural knowledge and experience. After working for various architectural firms in Hawaii, Mr. Yamasato founded his own company which has continued for thirty-seven (37) years and is now known as Yamasato, Fujiwara, Higa & Associates, Inc. Having successfully run a small business for approaching four (4) decades, Mr. Yamasato has first-hand experience, knowledge and the perspective of small business, and is thereby able to provide guidance and advice to the Board and management regarding how the Bank can best serve its small business customers and clients, which is a core niche and focus of the Bank and its community bank mission. Before joining the Company?s Board and the Bank?s Board as a director, Mr. Yamasato served on the Board of Directors of City Bank for six (6) years (City Bank was merged in February 2005 with the Bank) and also served on the Board of Directors of Liberty Bank for five (5) years. This individual is also a director of the Bank, and together with other directors of the Bank, consented to the issuance of a Consent Order, effective December 8, 2009, by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Hawaii Division of Financial Institutions, relating to various deficiencies by the Bank, which the Bank is currently working on addressing.. To view the detailed information, you need to SUBSCRIBE with us. |
![]() |