Cameron Nekota is new FHB Foundation president

MAITE, Guam—After 38 years with First Hawaiian Bank, Sharon Shiroma Brown retired effective yesterday, July 1.

Brown, as First Hawaiian Bank Foundation president and senior vice president, First Hawaiian Bank Community Relations Division, will be replaced by Cameron Nekota, a senior vice president at First Hawaiian Bank, as president of the FHB Foundation and will also assume her Community Relations responsibilities.

Brown, who began her career in the bank’s Marketing Division in 1981, became the bank’s first female division manager for its Sales, Service and Training Division in 1990 where she was instrumental in helping to shape and drive First Hawaiian’s retail sales strategy. She has served as president of the bank’s foundation and senior vice president of its Community Relations Division since 2003 and has served on numerous non-profit boards.

Cameron Nekota

“Sharon has had a remarkable 38-year career of achievement and has been an excellent leader, mentor and friend to many of us,” said Bob Harrison, First Hawaiian Bank chairman and CEO. “Throughout her career, she has developed close community partnerships that will continue to have positive impacts in the years ahead. We are grateful to Sharon for her dedication and many contributions in ensuring that our legacy of giving remains focused on addressing the important needs of our community.”  

Nekota joined First Hawaiian Bank in 2017 as a senior vice president, in their Bank Properties Division. He previously worked in real estate development at D.R. Horton and the James Campbell Co., and was an attorney with the law firm of Imanaka, Kudo and Fujimoto. 

Sharon Shiroma Brown

The FHB Foundation is the charitable arm of First Hawaiian Bank and one of Hawaii’s largest corporate foundations. FHB and its foundation donate annually about $4.25 million to over 400 non-profits in Hawaii, Guam, and Saipan with a focus on education, health and human services, and culture and the arts.

First Hawaiian Bank was founded in 1858 as Bishop & Co., and is Hawaii’s largest bank providing a comprehensive suite of banking services for individuals and businesses. The bank operates 54 Hawaii branches, three on Guam and two on Saipan. First Hawaiian, Inc. is the parent company of First Hawaiian Bank. (PR)