BrainChip Holdings Ltd a leading provider of ultra-low power, high-performance artificial intelligence technology, announced the appointment of Antonio J. Viana as a non-executive director. He joins company founder and CEO Peter van der Made and fellow non-executive directors Emmanuel T. Hernandez and Geoffry Carrick on BrainChip's Board of Directors. "Antonio is a very welcome addition to our Board and brings with him outstanding industry knowledge, contacts and experience," said CEO Peter van der Made. "He will play a substantial and influential role on our Board as BrainChip transitions from an R&D focus to sales and production of our Akida neuromorphic artificial intelligence technology." Mr. Viana currently serves as the executive chairman at QuantalRF AG, an emerging next-generation, front-end RF company developing transformative wireless communication solutions.

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., June 28, 2021--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BrainChip Holdings Ltd (ASX: BRN), (OTCQX: BRCHF), a leading provider of ultra-low power, high-performance artificial intelligence technology, today announced the appointment of Antonio J. Viana as a non-executive director. He joins company founder and CEO Peter van der Made and fellow non-executive directors Emmanuel T. Hernandez and Geoffry Carrick on BrainChip's Board of Directors. "Antonio is a very welcome addition to our Board and brings with him outstanding industry knowledge, contacts and experience," said CEO Peter van der Made. "He will play a substantial and influential role on our Board as BrainChip transitions from an R&D focus to sales and production of our Akida neuromorphic artificial intelligence technology." Mr. Viana currently serves as the executive chairman at QuantalRF AG, an emerging next-generation, front-end RF company developing transformative wireless communication solutions.

Institute of Directors CEO Kirsten Patterson indicates'robots' will soon be part of, if not are already part of, boardrooms in New Zealand. "We might not see a robo adviser sitting on a chair, but what we will see is greater reliance on artificial intelligence led data and analysis," explains Patterson, during the launch of the IoD 2017 Directors' Fees Report. There are lots of opportunities for directors who have the ability to aggregate and distil trends, adds Una Diver, director at EY, which partnered with IoD on the report. Diver says a CIO moving to the professional director space would be thinking, 'How can I demonstrate my skills around data, artificial intelligence and cyber that will position me to be attractive to my governance career?' "I don't think two years ago many people talked about cyber risk in the same way as they are talking about it now," says Diver. "So if we look ahead at the trend in directorships, it will be around thinking about when boards are considering their skill matrixes. How are we covered for digital, particularly about cybersecurity?" "The big thing directors need to be is to be able to comfortably lead through change and uncertainty, adds Patterson. "More and more they are being asked to deal with a level of regulatory and liability responsibility in very detailed level.

Institute of Directors CEO Kirsten Patterson indicates'robots' will soon be part of, if not are already part of, boardrooms in New Zealand. "We might not see a robo adviser sitting on a chair, but what we will see is greater reliance on artificial intelligence led data and analysis," explains Patterson, during the launch of the IoD 2017 Directors' Fees Report. There are lots of opportunities for directors who have the ability to aggregate and distil trends, adds Una Diver, director at EY, which partnered with IoD on the report. Diver says a CIO moving to the professional director space would be thinking, 'How can I demonstrate my skills around data, artificial intelligence and cyber that will position me to be attractive to my governance career?' "I don't think two years ago many people talked about cyber risk in the same way as they are talking about it now," says Diver. "So if we look ahead at the trend in directorships, it will be around thinking about when boards are considering their skill matrixes. How are we covered for digital, particularly about cybersecurity?" "The big thing directors need to be is to be able to comfortably lead through change and uncertainty, adds Patterson. "More and more they are being asked to deal with a level of regulatory and liability responsibility in very detailed level.

Clinically-led artificial intelligence (AI) company Deontics has appointed Nick Beard as a non-executive director, adding to its growing pool of strategic health, science, and technology expertise. Beard is a physician and former hospital chief information officer. Over a 30-year career, he has held numerous senior executive positions at leading electronic health records and clinical guidelines companies in both the US and UK. He will work closely with the Deontics executive team to help shape the future strategy of the company and the marketing of its state-of-the-art clinical pathways and decision modelling products into payer, provider and B2B healthcare IT markets. Based in Seattle, Nick was SVP of Strategy at Milliman Care Guidelines, sold to the Hearst Corporation; CMO at the Healthy Communities Institute, sold to Xerox Corporation, and CMO and VP of health informatics and product marketing at IDX, which was sold to GE for 1.2bn.