Company: LIDRW
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001437749-25-004906
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Company: AEye, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 9
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 January 2022 and Chief Financial Officer since March 2023.  Mr. Tierney has over 20 years of financial experience and prior to joining us, Mr. Tierney served as the Head of Finance at Wing Aviation LLC (NASDAQ: GOOG), Alphabet’s drone delivery service from 2018 through to 2021.  Mr. Tierney also served in various positions at Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ: GLUU), a free-to-play mobile gaming company, from 2009 to 2018, including Corporate Controller.  Prior to Glu, Mr. Tierney served at Deloitte & Touche L.L.P. in their Transactions Services Team from 2008 to 2009.  During his career, Mr. Tierney also served as an auditor at Price Waterhouse L.L.P., where he focused primarily on semiconductor clients and initial public offerings from 2005 to 2007.  He holds a B.S. in Accounting from University College Cork, is an Irish Chartered Accountant, and a Certified Public Accountant (Inactive).

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

BOARD LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE

With respect to the roles of Chairperson of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that the roles may be separated or combined, and our Board of Directors is able to exercise its discretion in combining or separating these positions as it deems appropriate in light of prevailing circumstances. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide the flexibility for our Board of Directors to modify our leadership structure in the future as appropriate.

DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

Our Board of Directors has undertaken a review of the independence of our directors and considered whether any such director has a material relationship with us that could compromise that director’s ability to exercise independent judgment in carrying out that director’s responsibilities.  Our Board of Directors has determined that each of Timothy J. Dunn, Prof. Dr. Bernd Gottschalk, Jonathon B. Husby, and Sue E. Zeifman is an “independent director,” as defined under the rules of NASDAQ.

RISK OVERSIGHT

Our Audit Committee is responsible for overseeing our risk management process.  Our Audit Committee focuses on our general risk management strategy and the most significant risks facing us, and oversees the implementation of risk mitigation strategies by management.  Our Audit Committee is apprised of particular risk management matters in connection with its general oversight and approval of corporate matters and significant transactions.

ANTI-HEDGING POLICY

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