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Sept 18 (Reuters) - Parent company Hawaiian Electric Industries on Monday named Paul Ito as the CFO of utility Hawaiian Electric, following the retirement of Tayne Sekimura.
Sekimura's retirement was announced internally early this year, the company said, but the plans were upended after deadly wildfires in Maui last month killed at least 115 people.
The utility's CEO Shelee Kimura is due to testify on Sept. 28 at a hearing investigating the causes of the wildfire.
Ito was named as the finance chief of Hawaiian Electric Industries earlier this year, and will be stepping down to become the CFO of the utility Hawaiian Electric. Scott DeGhetto will be replacing Ito on an interim basis until 2024-end. (Reporting by Seher Dareen in Bengaluru; Editing by Shweta Agarwal and Shounak Dasgupta)
