Mr. Harada joined the HEI companies in 1989, as director of internal audit of Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. In 1991, Mr. Harada became the controller of HEI. Prior to joining the HEI companies, Mr. Harada served as the director of financial assurance and controller at PacTel Corporation, a subsidiary of Pacific Telesis Group in San Francisco, California. He also was audit supervisor at Coopers and Lybrand in Honolulu and Rooney, Ida, Nolt and Ahern in Oakland, California. He received his bachelor of science of business administration from the University of California at Berkeley in 1977 and his master of science in taxation from Golden Gate University in 1987. He is a certified public accountant in California and Hawaii. |