Filipino-American Named New President of Mortgage Bankers Association of Hawaii

Mortgage Bankers Association of Hawaii (MBAH) recently named Filipino-American Pete Castillejos as its new president.

A mortgage industry veteran with 17 years of experience, Castillejos is currently the Branch Manager/Area Marketing Manager for CMG Financial, a private mortgage banking firm, in the state of Hawaii. He also advocates for the mortgage industry as he has served as an MBAH board member and director for the past four years.

As the new president of MBAH, he will continue to advocate for responsible lending practices to better serve home buyers and homeowners through educational, networking and community service opportunities.

Born in the Philippines to an Ilokano father and a Tagalog mother, then two-year-old Castillejos and his family moved to Chicago, where he eventually studied marketing at the Loyola University Chicago.

Full article published on Hawaii Filipino Chronicle, a local English-language Filipino newspaper in Honolulu, Hawaii.