Eric K. Yeaman has served as a director of Alaska Air Group since 2012, where he chairs the Audit Committee and is a member of the Governance, Nominating and Corporate Responsibility Committee. He is the founder and managing partner of Hoku Capital LLC, a strategic advisory services firm based in Honolulu.
Mr. Yeaman was president and chief operating officer of First Hawaiian Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of First Hawaiian Inc., from June 2015 to August 2019. From 2008 to 2015 he was president and CEO of Hawaiian Telcom, Inc., a telecommunications and technology company serving the state of Hawaii. Earlier he was senior executive vice president and COO of Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (HECO), having joined its parent Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI) in 2003 as financial vice president, treasurer and CFO.
Prior to joining HEI, Mr. Yeaman held the positions of chief operating and financial officer for Kamehameha Schools, a private charitable educational trust, from 2000 to 2003. He began his career at Arthur Andersen LLP in 1989. He currently serves on the boards of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. and Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. He holds a BBA from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.