The nominations committee for IDEX Biometrics has selected current Board member and Deputy Chair Larry Ciaccia as the company's next Chairman, pending shareholder approval at the IDEX Annual General Meeting on May 23. Larry replaces Morten Opstad, who will remain on the board. Larry has served as Board Director since May 2015 and was appointed Deputy Chair in May of 2019.

He has broad expertise from the semiconductor industry and played a pivotal role in transforming AuthenTec from a start-up into the world's leading fingerprint sensor supplier. He served as AuthenTec's CEO from September 2010 until the company's acquisition by Apple in October 2012.