IDEX Biometrics ASA — Board/Management Information 2021

May 12, 2021

IDEX Biometrics Appoints Catharina Eklof as Chief Commercial Officer

IDEX Biometrics Appoints Catharina Eklof as Chief Commercial Officer

Oslo, Norway -May 12, 2021 - IDEX Biometrics ASA, a leading provider of advanced

fingerprint identification and authentication solutions, has appointed Catharina

Eklof as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), effective June 1, 2021.

Catharina Eklof brings 20 years of global executive management across Financial

Services, Retail, Travel, and Security. She has led commercialization of new

customer-centric solutions across Fortune 500 companies. Catharina is currently

CCO of Defentry AB, a cyber security company based in Stockholm, Sweden.  She is

also a member of the Board of Directors of Avanza Bank (Nasdaq: AZA), the

largest securities brokerage in Sweden.

Earlier in her career, Catharina spent more than 12 years with Mastercard

International Inc. in Brussels, London, and New York, where she had a successful

career, with successive leadership roles building innovative businesses

leveraging Mastercard's global transaction data.  Catharina was instrumental in

establishing Mastercard's global strategic merchant program, bringing digital

payment solutions and new, data-driven business models to organizations around

the world.

Catharina Eklof holds an MBA in International Business and a Master of Science

in Economics from the University of Uppsala, Sweden. She will be based in

Brussels, Belgium.

Vince Graziani, Chief Executive Officer of IDEX Biometrics, commented: "I am

very excited to welcome Catharina to our leadership team.  Her considerable

experience and expertise in security and card-based payment technologies will be

extremely valuable to IDEX Biometrics as we continue to accelerate

commercialization of our leading card-based authentication solutions."

For further information contact:

Marianne Bøe, Investor Relations

E-mail: marianne.boe@idexbiometrics.com

Tel: + 47?918 00186

Brett L Perry, U.S. Investor Relations

E-mail: bperry@sheltongroup.com

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About IDEX Biometrics

IDEX Biometrics ASA (OSE: IDEX and Nasdaq: IDBA) is a leading provider of

fingerprint identification technologies for smart cards, 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

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