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John C. Dean

John C. Dean is president and CEO of Central Pacific Financial Corp. (CPF) and Central Pacific Bank (CPB). Dean has spent 31 years as an executive in the financial services industry focusing on turnarounds in the banking industry.

Prior to arriving at CPF, Dean was CEO at Silicon Valley Bancshares and Silicon Valley Bank from l993 to 2001, Pacific First Bank (1991–1993), First Interstate Bank of Washington (1990–1991), First Interstate Bank of Oklahoma (1986–1990) and First Interstate System Inc (1982–1986).

A graduate of Holy Cross College, a former Peace Corps Volunteer in Western Samoa and a graduate of the Wharton School with an MBA in Finance, Dean was recognized by Business Week as one of Silicon Valley’s top 25 “movers and shakers” in 1997. In 2001, he was recognized by Forbes as one of the “50 most powerful dealmakers.”

Dean is managing general partner of Startup Capital Ventures, and is a director of the following technology companies, including AGIS, Think Finance, Zero2IPO and Adama.

Dean’s community involvement includes being an advisor to the board of the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania. He is the founder and sponsor of Kipapa i ke Ala Lecture Series at the University of Hawai‘i’s Shidler College of Business and has endowed a faculty chair at the college. He is also a director of the UH’s Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship and E-Business. Dean is the founder and chairman emeritus of Entrepreneurs Foundation of Hawai‘i and is chairman of the Emmett R. Quady Foundation, his family foundation.

He lives in Waimanalo.