Senior Financial Services Executive Annika Olsson Nominated to IDEX Biometrics’ Board
May 04 2021 - 6:00AM
Oslo, Norway – 4 May 2021 - IDEX Biometrics
ASA, is a leading provider of advanced fingerprint
identification and authentication solutions. The nomination
committee proposes to the annual general meeting on 12 May 2021
that Annika Olsson is elected to the company’s board.
Ms. Olsson is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Express Bank A/S.
Express Bank is a Nordic bank that is part of the BNP Paribas
Group. BNP Paribas serves more than 27 million clients in 30
countries.
During her 20-year career in the consumer financial services
sector Ms. Olsson has held various executive positions. She was
Commercial Director at Resurs Bank, a niche bank and leader in
retail finance in the Nordic region before joining Express Bank A/S
in 2010 as Nordic Sales Director. She was promoted to Deputy CEO at
Express Bank A/S in 2017 and became CEO in March 2020. Ms. Olsson
is a proven banking professional with extensive European
experience, including Denmark, Germany, Norway, and Sweden, with a
strong focus on leadership, payment cards, consumer finance, and
banking regulation.
Morten Opstad, chair at IDEX Biometrics, comments “We are
incredibly pleased that Annika has been nominated to the board.
With her extensive knowledge of the financial services industry
Annika has the right background to guide the strategic direction of
IDEX. I look forward to working with her at the board.”
“I’m pleased to be nominated to the board of IDEX Biometrics.
The biometric payment card proposition is innovative, and I feel
I’m joining at the right time, as biometric payment cards become
part of the ‘new normal’. I look forward to working with the board
and management, to help steer IDEX to achieve its ambitions and
deliver value to its shareholders.” said Ms. Olsson.
The nomination committee’s proposal to the annual general
meeting is available on the company’s website
www.idexbiometrics.com.
For further information contact:
Marianne Bøe, Investor Relations E-mail:
marianne.boe@idexbiometrics.com Tel: + 47 9180 0186
Brett L Perry, U.S. Investor RelationsE-mail:
bperry@sheltongroup.comTel: + 1 214 272 0070
About IDEX Biometrics
IDEX Biometrics ASA (OSE: IDEX and Nasdaq:
IDBA) is a leading provider of
fingerprint identification technologies offering simple, secure,
and personal touch-free authentication for all. We help
people make payments, prove their identity, gain access to
information, unlock devices, or gain admittance to buildings with
the touch of a finger. We invent, engineer, and commercialize these
secure, yet incredibly user-friendly solutions. Our total
addressable market represents a fast growing multi-billion-unit
opportunity.
For more information, visit www.idexbiometrics.com and follow on
Twitter @IDEXBiometrics
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The wordmark ‘IDEX’ and the IDEX logo are registered trademarks
of IDEX ASA. All other brands or product names are the property of
their respective holders.
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