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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001185185-24-000745"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001039466"
company_name: "NovAccess Global Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T13:36:34.058208+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NovAccess Global CFO Neil J. Laird resigns to join Ondas Holdings; CEO interim CFO

## Summary
- Neil J. Laird resigned as CFO of NovAccess Global effective July 26, 2024, to become CFO of Ondas Holdings Inc. (ONDS).
- Laird had served as fractional CFO since September 10, 2021.
- CEO Dwain K. Irvin will serve as interim principal financial officer until a new CFO is appointed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001185185-24-000745
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001039466
- company_name: NovAccess Global Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039466/000118518524000745/0001185185-24-000745-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039466/000118518524000745/novaccess20240731_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001185185-24-000745
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001185185-24-000745.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Neil J. Laird resigned as chief financial officer at NovAccess Global Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: chief financial officer
  source text: Effective July 26, 2024, Neil J. Laird resigned as the chief financial officer of NovAccess Global Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039466/000118518524000745/0001185185-24-000745-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dwain K. Irvin was appointed as interim principal financial officer at NovAccess Global Inc..
  - Action: will serve as
  - Role: interim principal financial officer
  source text: Our chief executive officer, Dwain K. Irvin, PhD, MPH, will serve as the interim principal financial officer of NovAccess until our board has selected a new CFO.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039466/000118518524000745/0001185185-24-000745-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.