Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Eric Yeaman

Chairman of the Board
Founder and Managing Partner
Hoku Capital LLC

Eric Yeaman is chairman of Alexander & Baldwin, as of October 1, 2020. He has served as an independent director since 2012.

Yeaman is managing partner of Hoku Capital LLC. From June 2015 to August 2019, he served as president and chief operating officer of First Hawaiian, Inc., as well as First Hawaiian Bank, the state’s largest bank. Yeaman also served as chief executive officer of Hawaiian Telcom, the state’s leading communications provider from 2008-2015. Prior to joining Hawaiian Telcom, Yeaman was the senior executive vice president and chief operating officer of Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (HECO), and financial vice president and chief financial officer of Hawaiian Electric Industries, HECO’s parent company. From 2000 to 2003, he was the chief operating and financial officer for Kamehameha Schools.

Yeaman serves on the publicly traded company board of Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK) as well as the nonprofit boards of the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation, Friends of Hawaii Charities and Hawaii Asia Pacific Association.

Yeaman earned a bachelor of business administration degree in accounting from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and is a certified public accountant (not in public practice) in the State of Hawaii.