Edward Untalan promoted to FHB EVP, Retail Banking Region manager for Guam and CNMI
HAGATNA, Guam—Edward Untalan has been promoted as First Hawaiian Bank’s executive vice president and Retail Banking Region manager for the Guam and CNMI region.
Untalan has over 34 years of banking and finance experience and is the very first executive vice president for the Guam and CNMI region, according to a news release Friday from FHB chairman, president, and chief executive officer Bob Harrison.
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Untalan will be responsible for strategic business development and growth opportunities for the Maite, Dededo and Tamuning branches in Guam and the Gualo Rai and Oleai branches on Saipan.
Untalan joined FHB in 2004 as an assistant vice president/Business Banking officer and was shortly promoted to vice president and team leader where he led the business banking and commercial loan platform for the Maite branch. He was then appointed as the senior vice president and Maite Banking Center manager in December 2009, expanding his role to have oversight of the Guam and CNMI Auto Dealer Center. In 2016, Untalan was promoted to senior vice president/Guam-CNMI Region manager where he became responsible for all five branches within the region.
Untalan currently serves as vice chairman for the Guam Chamber of Commerce board of directors, chairman of the Cathedral Basilica Finance Council, and president of the Guam Bankers Association. He has also served in the St. Anthony Parish Finance Council, Guam International Airport Authority board of directors, Guam Community College board of trustees, Redemptoris Mater Archdiocesan Administrative Counsel, and Hurao Academy board of directors. (PR)