Ralph Mesick is Vice Chairman of Central Pacific Bank, overseeing wholesale lending, products and technology. 

He has held executive leadership roles at three publicly traded banking companies—Central Pacific Financial Corp., First Hawaiian, Inc. and Bank of Hawai‘i Corporation—with experience spanning finance, risk management, commercial banking, real estate and wealth management. His positions have included Chief Risk Officer at Central Pacific Bank and First Hawaiian Bank, and Chief Financial Officer at First Hawaiian Bank. 

Active in Hawai‘i’s community, he has chaired the Hawai‘i Housing Finance and Development Corporation and Urban Land Institute Hawai‘i and serves in leadership roles with Saint Louis School, Saint Francis Healthcare Systems, HomeAid Hawai‘i and the Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. 

He holds an MBA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a BBA from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, and completed the Advanced Risk Management program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.