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IDEMIA the global leader in Augmented Identity has announced the appointment of David Desharnais as the Groups Chief Digital Product Officer. As Executive Vice-President and a key member of IDEMIA Groups Executive Committee Desharnais will lead IDEMIAs cloud and digital platform strategy.An award-winning executive in technology innovation digital platforms and marketing David Desharnais brings more than 25 years of leadership in systems and software development and digitalcloud technologies within start-ups and multinational public companies including Amazon American Express Traxpay ARM and Cadence Design Systems.Prior to joining IDEMIA Desharnais held the position of Group Head General Manager of Worldwide Industries at Amazon Web Services providing cloud solutions to high-growth industries such as Financial Services Automotive Telecom Energy Travel Retail and Media Entertainment. David also recently served as Chairman of the Board of Groundswell SPC as Board Director of qBotica Inc. and as Executive Board Member of Point A Center of Supply Chain Innovation - advising on AIIoTCloud technologies Robotics Process Automation FinTech and Industrie 4.0.Continuing to serve and delight customers by bringing new and innovative digital solutions to market is key to accelerating our growth. I am confident that David Desharnais strong leadership and expertise will be essential and a driving force in his mission within our Group taking IDEMIAs digital solutions and capabilities to the next level helping to shape our Business Unit strategies and creating new breakthrough digital products and solutions.Yann Delabrire IDEMIA CEOData security end-user privacy and digital identity are categorical imperatives to enabling frictionless global mobility and establishing trust in the fast-growing digital economy. As a world leader in biometrics identity and digital security IDEMIA is at the epicenter of shaping the future of public and private interactions and transactions and it is an honor to have the opportunity to lead the talented digital solutions and technology teams making this possible.David DesharnaisBased in the USA David Desharnais will head a global team of digital experts in charge of designing building and running IDEMIAs digital platforms. His appointment takes effect immediately.