Minister of Finance & Technology · Office of the Treasury · Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi / Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
KOA-MIN-FT-001
Register of Ministers · Office of the Treasury
Official Biography
Wayne H. Higa, aged seventy-two, is an experienced business executive, import–export professional, treasury officer, and civic leader whose career spans management, international commerce, nonprofit governance, and community service. His professional formation combines practical business operations with financial oversight and organisational accountability, supporting responsible stewardship, economic planning, and institutional development on behalf of the Kingdom.
Since 2018, Mr. Higa has served as Minister of Finance and Technology for the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi and the continuing Kingdom of Hawaiʻi (PKOA / HK), providing leadership in finance, technology, trade, and institutional development. Drawing upon decades of experience in business, treasury administration, governance, and international commerce, he advances initiatives that promote financial transparency, sustainable economic growth, digital innovation, environmental stewardship, and long-term resilience.
Record of Service
Mr. Higa earned an Associate Degree in Management from Kapiʻolani Community College in 1974 and continued studies at the University of Hawaiʻi, pursuing business administration, personnel management, sales development, and commercial operations.
His early career encompassed management positions with Liberty House, Teruya's Restaurant, Hele-Mai Hawaii, Hawaii Archigraphics, Inc., and Shirokiya, Inc., with extensive responsibility for operations management, supplier relations, creative design, planning, inventory systems, personnel supervision, customer service, and financial oversight.
Mr. Higa later expanded into international commerce through Honex International, Inc., undertaking import–export trade, business development, and market expansion. He has also served with Business Consulting Resources (BCR); as Board Director of the Honolulu Exchange (HONEX) Foreign Sales Corporation; and as Treasurer of Government Efficiency Teams, Inc. (2003–2011), a Honolulu-based nonprofit dedicated to efficiency and accountability in local government. He has additionally served as a Volunteer Guardian Ad Litem and as Treasurer (2007–2009). He is recorded in Who's Who in Finance and Industry (1992–1995).
His public service is reflected in planning and leadership roles across community organisations and civic events, including the Honolulu Kiwanis Club (President; Treasurer, two terms each), Key Club, HPU Circle K, Children and Youth Day, Kupuna Power, Waimanalo Kanikapila, the Honolulu Marathon, the Carol Kai Bed Race, and RHS '72 Alumni gatherings.
Ministerial Mandate · Since 2018
As Minister of Finance and Technology, Mr. Higa focuses upon building practical frameworks that connect responsible finance, emerging technologies, Indigenous stewardship, and the Sustainable Development Goals, in service of lasting benefit to Hawaiʻi, the wider Pacific, and the generations yet to come.
Companion Records
See further: Council of Ministers; Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Relations; Royal Household & Offices. Filed in the Diplomatic Archive under reference KOA-MIN-FT-001.
