Corporate Governance - Management

Peter S. Ho is Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of Hawaii. Mr. Ho was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer on July 30, 2010. He was appointed to the parent company’s board, Bank of Hawaii Corporation, in April 2009. He has served as President since April 2008 and been a member of the bank’s board since December 2005.

Mr. Ho joined the bank in 1993 as an Assistant Vice President in the National Banking Division. He was promoted to Senior Vice President in charge of corporate banking in 1999. In 2001, he was promoted to Executive Vice President responsible for corporate banking and commercial real estate lending. In 2003, Mr. Ho was promoted to Group Executive Vice President in charge of the bank’s Hawaii Commercial Banking Group and was made a member of the company’s Managing Committee. In 2004, Mr. Ho was promoted to Vice Chairman responsible for the bank’s Investment Services Group. In 2006, Mr. Ho was promoted to Chief Banking Officer, responsible for both the commercial and investment services areas of the bank. In 2007, Mr. Ho added responsibility for the organization’s retail banking businesses. He was appointed President in April 2008.

Mr. Ho began his banking career in New York City in 1987. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and an MBA from the University of Southern California, where he was the 1992 First Interstate Bank Fellow. He is also a 2008 graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. A native of Honolulu, Mr. Ho serves on the boards of various charitable and community organizations in Hawaii. Mr. Ho also serves as a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. In 2012 Mr. Ho was recognized as Hawaii’s distinguished citizen by the Aloha Council of the Boy Scouts of America. In 2010, Mr. Ho was named chairman of the APEC 2011 Hawai‘i Host Committee, a public-private entity comprised of private sector, labor and elected leaders created to support Hawaii, the country and President Obama’s hosting of APEC Leaders Week in November 2011. He was also named Young Business Person of the Year by Pacific Business News in 2003 and was a 1998 Pacific Century Fellow.

Sharon Crofts is Vice Chairman of the Client Solutions Group. In her role, she is responsible for Operations, Information Technology, Alternative Channels and Deposit Products. She has held the position of Vice Chairman since November 2012.

Ms. Crofts joined the bank via its California institution, Pacific Century Bank in 1999 as Senior Vice President of the Commercial Deposit Division. In 2001, Ms. Crofts relocated to Honolulu to serve as Bank of Hawaii’s Senior Vice President of Cash Management Services. In 2005, she was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer. In 2008, she was appointed Senior Executive Vice President of Operations and member of the managing committee.

Ms. Crofts began her banking career in 1988 with First Interstate Bank of California and also worked at Union Bank of California.

Ms. Crofts, a native of Fresno, California, holds a master’s of business administration in finance from California State University, Fresno. She also received a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the California State University, Fresno. In addition, she attended the Advanced Management Program at The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

James C. Polk is Vice Chairman of Bank of Hawaii and is a member of the bank’s Executive Committee. Mr. Polk has management responsibilities for all of the bank’s commercial banking businesses, including Corporate Banking, Commercial Real Estate Loan Division, Hawaii Commercial Banking, Commercial Deposit Management Center, Cash Management and Merchant Services. In addition, his responsibilities include oversight of the Corporate Real Estate Group, which manages the bank’s real estate facilities.

Mr. Polk joined Bank of Hawaii in 1999 and has served in a variety of leadership roles over the years including managerial oversight of the Consumer Lending and Deposit Product Group, The Private Bank, Mortgage Banking Division and the West Pacific Region. With over 31 years in the financial industry, he earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Michigan and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. He is also a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington. Mr. Polk currently serves as a board member for the Hawaii Medical Service Association and After-School All-Stars Hawaii, and is a trustee of Hawaii Pacific University.

Patrick McGuirk joined Bank of Hawaii as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in November 2020. He oversees the Corporate Security, Corporate Secretary, Corporate Risk Insurance, and Legal divisions of the bank.

Prior to joining the Bank of Hawaii, Mr. McGuirk’s experience includes serving as Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Flagstar Bank, and Counsel at the FDIC. He also practiced law representing financial institutions at a variety of New York firms for 14 years. With 25 years of legal experience in financial services, Mr. McGuirk’s expertise includes a vast knowledge of the legal issues facing the industry.

Mr. McGuirk received his juris doctorate from Fordham University’s School of Law and has a bachelor of arts degree from Binghamton University. Mr. McGuirk is engaged in civic, professional and charitable activities.