Power of Attorney
(Exchange Act, Section 16(a), Forms 3, 4, 5)


The undersigned hereby appoints each of the Chief Executive Officer, President,
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer,Controller, any Human Resources Manager, Gen
eral Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and any of their designees, of Central
Pacific Financial Corp. (the ?Company?) and Central Pacific Bank, signing
singly,the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) prepare,execute for and in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
behalf, and in the undersigned's capacity as an officer or director of the
Company, and submit to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC"), Forms 3, 4 and 5, including amendments thereto, in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (?Exchange Act?)
or any rule or regulation of the SEC, and any other forms or reports the
undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned's
ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company, and any
other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords
enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of
reports required by Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act or any rule or
regulation of the SEC;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
or other form or report, and timely file such form or report with the SEC and
any stock exchange or similar authority;and,

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve
in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to allintents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present,with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's designees, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company or Central Pacific Bank assuming any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

The undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney on 9/17/2015.

/s/Saedene Ota

Saedene Ota
Print Name

2015-3280
DocuSign Envelope ID: 3B606FC8-B3D0-465F-A676-398545931640
9/17/2015
Saedene Ota