Landon had announced his intention to retire this year at the company’s quarterly earnings conference call on April 19, 2010.
Ho, 45, and a native of Honolulu, Hawaii, began his banking career in New York City and joined Bank of Hawaii in 1993.
In 1999, he was promoted to senior vice president in charge of corporate banking.
In 2001, he was promoted to executive vice president responsible for corporate banking and commercial real estate lending.
Two years later he was promoted to group executive vice president in charge of the bank’s Hawaii Commercial Banking Group and became a member of the bank’s managing committee.
In 2004, he was promoted to vice chairman responsible for the bank’s Investment Services Group and in 2006 added the title of chief banking officer. He was promoted to president in 2008.
He earned his bachelor of science degree in business administration and MBA from the University of Southern California.
He was a 1998 Pacific Century Fellow and was named 2003 Pacific Business News Young Business Person of the Year.
Landon, who joined the bank in 2000 as executive vice president for risk management, subsequently served as chief financial officer and chief operating officer and became chairman and CEO on Sept. 1, 2004.
Under Landon’s leadership, Bank of Hawaii delivered solid results and received multiple accolades for its financial performance, including being named in December 2009 by Forbes Magazine as “America’s Best Bank.”
