IDEX Biometrics Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

IDEX Biometrics' CEO is Kjell-Arne Besseberg, appointed in Jun 2026, has a tenure of less than a year. total yearly compensation is NOK1.49M, comprised of 75% salary and 25% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.39% of the company’s shares, worth NOK2.43M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1 years and 3.2 years respectively.

Key information

Kjell-Arne Besseberg

Chief executive officer

NOK 1.5m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	75.02%
CEO tenure	less than a year
CEO ownership	0.4%
Management average tenure	less than a year
Board average tenure	3.2yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Kjell-Arne Besseberg's remuneration changed compared to IDEX Biometrics's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Mar 31 2026	n/a	n/a	-NOK 92m
Dec 31 2025	NOK 1m	NOK 1m	-NOK 101m

Compensation vs Market: Kjell-Arne's total compensation ($USD152.45K) is below average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD412.59K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Insufficient data to compare Kjell-Arne's compensation with company performance.

CEO

Kjell-Arne Besseberg (52 yo)

less than a year

Tenure

NOK 1,491,412

Compensation

Mr. Kjell-Arne Besseberg is Chief Executive Officer & Interim Chief Financial Officer of IDEX Biometrics ASA from June 1, 2026. Mr. Besseberg was Chief Operating Officer of IDEX Biometrics ASA from June 20...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Anders Storbraten	Executive Chairman of the Board	less than a year	NOK 10.14m	16.79% NOK 105.1m
Kjell-Arne Besseberg	CEO & Interim CFO	less than a year	NOK 1.49m	0.39% NOK 2.4m
Didrik Martens	Chief Product Officer	1.5yrs	NOK 1.31m	0.32% NOK 2.0m
Svein Mathiassen	Co-Founder	30yrs	no data	no data
Marianne Bøe	Head of Investor Relations	no data	no data	no data
Sarah Mathews	Vice President of Human Resources	3.5yrs	no data	no data
Thomas Naess	Chief Revenue Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Paul Taylor	Vice President of Operations & Program Management	no data	no data	no data

1.0yrs

Average Tenure

52yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: 0MTP's management team is not considered experienced ( 1 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Anders Storbraten	Executive Chairman of the Board	less than a year	NOK 10.14m	16.79% NOK 105.1m
Adriana Saitta	Independent Director	3.2yrs	NOK 423.34k	no data
Annika Olsson Roth	Independent Director	5.2yrs	NOK 423.34k	0.20% NOK 1.2m

3.2yrs

Average Tenure

52yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: 0MTP's board of directors are considered experienced (3.2 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/07/06 09:49
End of Day Share Price	2026/07/06 00:00
Earnings	2026/03/31
Annual Earnings	2025/12/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

IDEX Biometrics ASA is covered by 5 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Hans Rettedal Christiansen	Carnegie Investment Bank AB
Jonas Lisauskas	Norne Securities AS
Auguste Richard	Northland Capital Markets

IDEX Biometrics Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Key information

Recent management updates

High number of new directors

IDEX Biometrics ASA, Annual General Meeting, May 21, 2026

IDEX Biometrics ASA Announces Chief Financial Officer Changes, Effective 30 June 2025

IDEX Biometrics ASA Approves Board and Committee Changes

IDEX Biometrics ASA, Annual General Meeting, May 21, 2025

IDEX Biometrics ASA Announces Chief Financial Officer Changes

Recent updates

New major risk - Negative shareholders equity

High number of new directors

IDEX Biometrics ASA has filed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of NOK 20.625 million.

IDEX Biometrics ASA has withdrawn its Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of NOK 19.999997 million.

IDEX Biometrics ASA has filed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of NOK 19.999997 million.

IDEX Biometrics ASA announced that it expects to receive NOK 90.000001 million in funding

Full year 2025 earnings released: US$0.26 loss per share (vs US$3.49 loss in FY 2024)

IDEX Biometrics ASA, Annual General Meeting, May 21, 2026

IDEX Biometrics ASA to Report First Half, 2026 Results on Aug 20, 2026

IDEX Biometrics ASA has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of NOK 21.999999 million.

Third quarter 2025 earnings released: US$0.02 loss per share (vs US$0.43 profit in 3Q 2024)

Reserve Bank of India Approves Biometric Payment Authentication Technology

IDEX Biometrics ASA Launches New Product Portfolio for Payment and Access Solutions

Second quarter 2025 earnings released: US$0.07 loss per share (vs US$2.29 loss in 2Q 2024)

IDEX Biometrics ASA has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of NOK 30 million.

IDEX Biometrics ASA Announces Chief Financial Officer Changes, Effective 30 June 2025

IDEX Biometrics ASA has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of NOK 6 million.

IDEX Biometrics ASA Approves Board and Committee Changes

IDEX Biometrics ASA to Report Q3, 2025 Results on Nov 13, 2025

IDEX Biometrics ASA has filed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of NOK 6 million.

IDEX Biometrics ASA, Annual General Meeting, May 21, 2025

IDEX Biometrics ASA to Report Q4, 2025 Results on Feb 26, 2026

IDEX Biometrics ASA Announces Chief Financial Officer Changes

IDEX Biometrics ASA to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Oct 29, 2024

IDEX Biometrics ASA Introduces Biometric Payment Cards in India

IDEX Biometrics ASA Announces Chief Executive Officer Changes

IDEX Biometrics ASA has withdrawn its Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of NOK 13.2 million.

IDEX Biometrics ASA Appoints Morten Opstad as Chair

IDEX Biometrics ASA has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of NOK 55 million.

IDEX Biometrics ASA, Annual General Meeting, May 16, 2024

IDEX Biometrics ASA has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of NOK 35 million.

IDEX Biometrics ASA announced that it expects to receive NOK 100 million in funding

IDEX Biometrics ASA Announces Chief Financial Officer Changes

IDEX Biometrics Payment Card Solution Fully Certified by Mastercard

IDEX Biometrics Announces Intention to Voluntary Delist of American Depositary Shares from the Nasdaq Capital Market

IDEX Biometrics ASA announced that it expects to receive NOK 150 million in funding

IDEX Biometrics ASA Approves the Election of Adriana Saitta as Board Member

First quarter 2023 earnings released: US$0.01 loss per share (vs US$0.008 loss in 1Q 2022)

IDEX Biometrics Launches a Complete Biometric Payment Card Solution Leveraging Products and Technologies from STMicroelectronics

Full year 2022 earnings released: US$0.03 loss per share (vs US$0.035 loss in FY 2021)

IDEX Biometrics ASA to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Nov 09, 2023

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: US$0.009 loss per share (vs US$0.008 loss in 3Q 2021)

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: US$0.01 loss per share (vs US$0.008 loss in 3Q 2021)

Forecast to breakeven in 2024

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: US$0.01 loss per share (vs US$0.008 loss in 2Q 2021)

First quarter 2022 earnings released: US$0.01 loss per share (vs US$0.009 loss in 1Q 2021)

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS in line with analyst expectations despite revenue beat

Forecast to breakeven in 2024

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: US$0.01 loss per share (vs US$0.009 loss in 3Q 2020)

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: US$0.01 loss per share (vs US$0.009 loss in 2Q 2020)

No longer forecast to breakeven

First quarter 2021 earnings released: US$0.01 loss per share (vs US$0.009 loss in 1Q 2020)

Advisor has left the company

Full year 2020 earnings released: US$0.035 loss per share (vs US$0.054 loss in FY 2019)

Chief Executive Officer recently bought kr37m worth of stock

Full year 2020 earnings released: US$0.03 loss per share (vs US$0.055 loss in FY 2019)

Revenue misses expectations

Postal Savings Bank of China Launches Idex's Fingerprint Sensors and Biometric Software Have Been Included in Digital RMB

China UnionPay Awards Second LOA to Biometric Payment Card Featuring IDEX Biometrics’ Fingerprint Sensor & Biometric Technology

IDEX Biometrics ASA Expands Partnership with Global Payment Solutions Provider to Include Joint Marketing and Sales

IDEX Biometrics ASA & Tongxin Microelectronics’ Co., Ltd Collaboration Achieves Second China UnionPay Certification

IDEX Biometrics ASA Expands its Strategic Partnerships by Adding Another Global Payment Network

IDEX Biometrics ASA to Report Q1, 2021 Results on May 13, 2021

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