Eric K. Yeaman - President and Chief Executive Officer
Eric Yeaman joined Hawaiian Telcom as President and Chief Executive Officer on June 16, 2008.

Mr. Yeaman was formerly Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (HECO) where he was responsible for the leadership of it’s day-to-day Oahu operations, energy solutions, public affairs, financial and administrative process areas.

Mr. Yeaman joined Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI), HECO’s parent company, in January 2003 as Financial Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer. At HEI, he oversaw the controller, treasury, investor relations, corporate tax, information technology functions and enterprise risk management functions.

Prior to this, Mr. Yeaman held the positions of Chief Operating and Financial Officer for Kamehameha Schools (KS) from July 2000 to January 2003. At KS, he led numerous change management initiatives that resulted in improved organizational effectiveness and efficiency as well as developed and implemented new financial, investment and technology strategies and initiatives.

He began his career at Arthur Andersen LLP in September 1989 where he led numerous audit and consulting projects.

Active in community affairs, Mr. Yeaman serves on the not-for-profit boards of Queen’s Health Systems, Queen’s Medical Center, Queen Emma Land Company, Enterprise Honolulu, Hawaii Pacific University and the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Foundation. He also serves as a director of several for-profit boards including Bishop Holdings Corporation, Kamehameha Investment Corporation and Pauahi Management Corporation. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Financial Executives International and Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants.

In 2004, Mr. Yeaman was recognized as the Financial Executive of the Year (Regional Award) sponsored by Robert Half International Inc. and the Institute of Management Accountants as well as one of Pacific Business News Top Forty Under 40.

Mr. Yeaman was born and raised in Kona, Hawaii and graduated from Konawaena High School in 1985. He earned a bachelor of business administration degree (with distinction) in accounting from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and is a certified public accountant in the State of Hawaii.