Executive Profile
Friday, November 13, 1998
Name: Wayne Y. Hamano
Age: 44
Position: Senior V.P., manager, corporate Hawaii division, Bank of Hawaii
First job: Picking pineapples
Favorite pastimes: Golf, surfing, family
Wayne Y. Hamano is responsible for managing Bank of Hawaii's large Hawaii-based business clients and looking after activities of the corporate Hawaii, auto finance and cash management departments. The division, with 50 employees, is a one-stop center to service banking needs for business clients. Managing Bankoh's business clients
"We have a team of three people for each account," Hamano said.
He replaced Gary Iki, who became manager of the bank's credit services division.
Hamano has been in the bank's corporate division for three years and most recently was a vice president. Hamano joined the bank in 1977 as a corporate banking officer, before leaving to become chief operating officer at The Madden Corp., which operates Island Heritage publishing, for five years. He returned to Bank of Hawaii in 1993. Hamano earned a bachelor's in accounting from the University of Hawaii.
By Jerry Tune, Star-Bulletin
