Peter T. Heilmann

Peter T. Heilmann was named executive vice president, chief administrative officer and general counsel of Matson in February 2021. He oversees all of Matson’s legal, legislative and human resources activities. His accomplishments include handling the separation from Alexander and Baldwin and Matson’s transition to a publicly-traded company, the acquisitions of Horizon Lines’ Alaska and Span Alaska, and the resolution of significant litigation matters favorable to the company.

Heilmann joined Matson in 2012 as vice president and deputy general counsel and advanced to senior vice president and chief legal officer of Matson in 2014. In April 2017, his role was expanded to include the chief administrative officer function which oversees the company’s legislative and human resources departments. 

Prior to Matson, Heilmann had 20 years of legal experience in private practice, including over 10 years as a partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in San Francisco. At Gibson Dunn, he had extensive experience representing public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic investments, as well as counseling boards of directors and senior management on corporate and business law matters, including SEC public reporting requirements and corporate governance.

He has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California, Davis, and a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.