Executive Profile
Thursday, April 18, 1996
Name: Lloyd R. Kaneshige
Age: 48
Position: Comptroller, Star Markets Ltd.
First job: Newspaper delivery at Hamakua
Favorite pastimes: Tennis, travel
"Our biggest challenge is to continuously improve our operations to meet the competition in this very difficult economic environment," said Kaneshige, a certified public accountant with 23 years experience.
He was the senior vice president, treasurer and chief financial officer at American Financial Services of Hawaii Inc., working there for 13 years before it was purchased by Bank of Hawaii.
He is also a director of the National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii. Kaneshige earned a bachelor's degree in business administration at the University of Hawaii.
Star Markets Ltd., which started in 1941 with a store in Moiliili, is owned by the Fujieki family and has more than 800 employees on Oahu, Maui and Kauai.