Name: Efrain Andrews
Age: 52
Position: Senior vice president, treasurer, controller, Grand Pacific Life Insurance
First job: Gas station attendant, Honolulu
Hobby: Tennis

"The company is spending a tremendous amount of money to train them, from top on down," Andrews said. Everyone in the company will have a laptop computer by the end of the year, "so we're not tied to the office," Andrews said.

He has nearly 30 years of financial experience while working for KPMG Peat Marwick, Boise Cascade Recreation Communities, H&W Communications and Sentinel Silent Alarm Co. Inc.

Andrews earned a bachelors degree in business administration/accounting at the University of Hawaii.

Grand Pacific Life Insurance Ltd., incorporated in 1957, offers life insurance, long-term disability insurance and annuity plans.