---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-21-035998"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIDR"
cik: "0001818644"
company_name: "AEye, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-07-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T07:00:36.398222+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CF Finance III names Jane Novak interim CFO after Alice Chan resignation

## Summary
- Alice Chan resigned as CFO, director, and audit committee member on July 5, 2021; no disagreement cited.
- Jane Novak, Cantor Fitzgerald's Global Head of Accounting Policy, appointed interim CFO effective July 7, 2021.
- Anshu Jain, President and director, appointed to audit committee to replace Chan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-21-035998
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIDR
- cik: 0001818644
- company_name: AEye, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-07-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000121390021035998/0001213900-21-035998-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000121390021035998/ea143842-8k_cffinance3.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jane Novak was appointed as interim Chief Financial Officer at AEye, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective July 7, 2021, the board of directors (the “ Board ”) of CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III (the “ Company ”) appointed Jane Novak as interim Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000121390021035998/0001213900-21-035998-index.htm
- Executive change
  Alice Chan resigned as Chief Financial Officer at AEye, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Ms. Chan resigned as Chief Financial Officer, director and member of the Audit Committee on July 5, 2021 in order to pursue other endeavors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000121390021035998/0001213900-21-035998-index.htm

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