---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000354707-22-000087"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HE"
cik: "0000354707"
company_name: "HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-07-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T21:05:22.870827+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HEI appoints Paul K. Ito as Interim CFO effective July 2, 2022

## Summary
- Paul K. Ito appointed Interim CFO; remains VP-Taxes, Controller and Treasurer.
- Ito receives $18,125/month supplemental cash award on top of existing base salary as Interim CFO.
- Ito previously served as CFO/Treasurer at Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX); no family or related-party transactions with HEI.
- Interim role continues until permanent CFO appointed; Ito keeps existing incentive plans without extra compensation.
- Appointment effective July 2, 2022; Ito joined HEI in 2018.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000354707-22-000087
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HE
- cik: 0000354707
- company_name: HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-07-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354707/000035470722000087/0000354707-22-000087-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354707/000035470722000087/he-20220630.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000354707-22-000087
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000354707-22-000087.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000354707-22-000087.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Paul K. Ito was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective on July 2, 2022, Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI or the Company) appointed Paul K. Ito, the Company’s current Vice President-Taxes, Controller and Treasurer, to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO) until the Company appoints a permanent CFO.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354707/000035470722000087/0000354707-22-000087-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.