Alan Oshima

Alan M. Oshima is president and chief executive officer of the Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. Alan previously served at HEI, Hawaiian Electric’s parent company, as executive vice president for corporate and community advancement and president of the HEI Charitable Foundation. He was named to his current position in 2014. Alan was senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Hawaiian Telcom from 2005 to 2008 and later served as a senior adviser and director helping the company successfully emerge from reorganization in 2010. Alan also founded the law firm Oshima Chun Fong & Chung and, prior to that, practiced law with Carlsmith Ball. Active in a number of community organizations, Alan has been recognized by the Hawai‘i State Bar Association, the Hawai‘i Institute of Public Affairs and the Public Schools of Hawai‘i Foundation for his leadership and commitment to improving public education. Alan chairs Hawai‘i 3Rs, a nonprofit organization that facilitates public-private partnerships to repair, restore and remodel Hawai‘i’s public schools. He is a longtime volunteer and former chairman of the board for the YMCA of Honolulu. Alan is a graduate of Farrington High School, Northwestern University and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. He also served as a Supply Corps Officer with the U.S. Navy.