Neonode Inc., an optical sensing technology company, announces the appointment of Maria Ek as new its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Lars Lindqvist, who has served as CFO of Neonode since August 2014, will remain available to assist with the transition of leadership responsibilities.

Maria Ek has been serving as Corporate Controller for Neonode since December 2018. She previously held several financial management positions in international organizations,including the Global Head of Accounting at Digital Route AB.

Prior to that, she served as Finance Project Manager at Swedish subsidiary, 24 Solutions AB. Her main focus was to convert the accounting to IFRS standard and make sure the company was ready to be listed. Post that Maria had also served as an Accounting Manger and held the responsibility of business controlling as well as leading the Group Finance function.

Hakan Persson, CEO, Neonode states, “I am very happy that Maria has accepted the role as our CFO. With her vast experience in financial management, I am confident she will add great value to our future growth and profitability.”

Neonode, develops, manufactures, and sells advanced sensor modules based on the company’s proprietary zForce AIR technology. These modules enable touch interaction, mid-air interaction and object sensing and are ideal for integration in a wide range of applications within the automotive, consumer electronics, medical, robotics, and other markets. The company also develops and licenses user interfaces and optical interactive touch solutions based on its zForce CORE technology.