Coda Octopus Group, Inc. announced Nathan Parker, Chief Financial Officer of the company left the Company effective May 3, 2023 and On May 1, 2023, the Company appointed Gayle Jardine to be the Company's interim Chief Financial Officer, effective May 4, 2023, until a permanent replacement is found. Ms. Jardine has been the Company's European Finance Director since 2015. During this time, Ms. Jardine has been an integral part and leader within its Finance Division.

Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Jardine was the owner and director of Pentland Accounting Limited and provided management accounting services to a range of commercial customers. She also previously served as the operations & finance manager for Wireless Fibre Systems and has held management reporting leadership roles at both Scottish Water Solutions and Honeywell. Jardine holds a Bachelor's Degree with Honors from Robert Gordon University and has held a Chartered Institute of Management Accounting qualification since 1996.

Ms. Jardine began her career in financial analysis and financial business consulting in Hewlett Packard's electronic test and measurement business in both Scotland and Santa Rosa, USA, focusing on supporting research and development, marketing, production, and procurement. Following the division's spin-off to form Agilent Technologies, she served as a planning and reporting manager within the firm's Scottish division, and then as a financial operations manager for a global product line across the U.K., U.S., and Germany.