Richard Lim ’73 has been appointed by Hawaiian Governor-Elect Neil Abercrombie to serve in the Cabinet as the Director of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Lim has over 25 years of banking and inverstment experience that he gained as a co-founder of the marchant banking firm Sennet Capital and a former president of City Bank. He has also been deeply involved in public bcommissions, including Island Insurance, Hawaii Technology Development Venture Board, and the Hawaii Institute for Pulbic Affairs.