Who are Matson's decision-makers?
Matson's leadership team is centered on Matthew J. Cox, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, plus finance, operations, commercial, legal, and technology leaders who influence major vendor decisions.
- CEO
- Matthew J. Cox
- CFO / key exec
- Joel M. Wine
- Founded
- 1882
- Employees
- Approximately 4,300
- HQ
- Honolulu, HI
- Status
- NYSE: MATX
- Matthew J. CoxChairman and Chief Executive OfficerCEO since 2012; chairman since 2017Leads Matson's ocean transportation and logistics strategy.
- Joel M. WineExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerCFOOwns finance, investor relations, capital allocation, and fleet financing.
- John P. LauerExecutive Vice President and Chief Commercial OfficerCommercial leaderLeads ocean services sales and customer strategy.
- Peter T. HeilmannExecutive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General CounselExecutive since 2012; CAO since 2021Leads legal, HR, government, and administrative functions.
Who leads Matson?
Matthew J. Cox serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Leads Matson's ocean transportation and logistics strategy. Joel M.
Wine serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Owns finance, investor relations, capital allocation, and fleet financing. John P. Lauer serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer.
Leads ocean services sales and customer strategy. Peter T. Heilmann serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel. Leads legal, HR, government, and administrative functions.
Who actually makes buying decisions at Matson?
Enterprise buying usually involves the business owner, finance, procurement, legal, IT/security, and the operating team that owns adoption. For Matson, the most relevant executive sponsor depends on the use case: operations for productivity and safety, finance for planning and controls, commercial leaders for revenue or customer experience, and technology leaders for data, integration, and cybersecurity.
How is Matson organized as it scales?
Matson operates with corporate leadership and business, region, function, or segment operators close to customers and assets. Sellers should map headquarters stakeholders and field-level operators because many business cases require both executive sponsorship and local adoption.
As of June 2026.Sources:Matson executive managementMatson 2025 Form 10-K
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