Allan Landon
Millcreek, UT
Allan Landon is the Assistant Dean and Adjunct Professor, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah. Landon teaches business leadership and banking courses and helps develop experiential learning programs at the David Eccles School of Business. He also directs the Utah Center for Financial Services. Landon is a Director of State Farm Mutual Insurance and State Farm Bank in Bloomington, Illinois.
Landon finished his work in 2010 as Chairman and CEO of Bank of Hawaii, based in Honolulu. Bank of Hawaii, noted for its solid financial results and community service, was Forbes Magazine’s “Best Bank in America” in 2009 and 2010.
Before joining Bank of Hawaii, Landon was CFO of First American Bank in Nashville. Earlier he was a CPA and Partner with EY, specialized in serving community and regional banks and other financial institutions.
Landon is a Vice Chair of the National Board of the Smithsonian Institution and a Director of PBS, both in Washington, D.C. In Utah, Al serves on the boards of Eccles School of Business and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
Previously Landon served as Chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii and HMSA, Hawaii’s Blue Cross/Blue Shield provider. Landon served as a director of MidFirst Bank, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle and several other organizations. In 2015, he was nominated to serve on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve.
Landon is a graduate of Iowa State University. He and his wife Sue reside in Millcreek, Utah. They have two adult children and five grandchildren.