Hawaii-based Central Pacific Bank has strengthened its credit business with the announcement of three executive hires.

Bill Wilson, the executive vice president for special credits, brings 15 years of experience in credit risk management to the company. He previously served as senior vice president for a major financial institution, where he led a specialist team responsible for tax and legal issues of troubled real estate assets, the bank said in a statement.

Irene Dlugopolsky also steps in as senior vice president and director of credit risk management. She most recently served as a private contractor for KPMG clients in the US mainland.

Michael Rose completes the trio and has been named vice president, special asset senior manager, bringing with him 17 years of experience in commercial real estate finance. He previously worked at the Maryl Group in Honolulu, where he managed commercial realty development projects and collaborated with investors and lenders for capital structuring.

In their new roles, Wilson will take charge of the bank's special credits division both on the Mainland and Hawaii, Dlugopolsky will be responsible for evaluating and monitoring the bank's overall loan portfolio quality, while Rose will manage a special credits team that will focus on other real estate owned assets and the disposition of assets and notes.

Central Pacific Bank has 35 branches throughout the state and has over $4.4 billion in assets.