Xaar plc announced the appointment of Shomit Kenkare as Chief Financial Officer and Director of the Board from November 15, 2018. Shomit initially joined Xaar as Head of Corporate Development in June 2018 from Kodak, the NYSE-listed technology firm, where he held a number of senior global financial and management roles in a career spanning twenty years. Shomit's final nine years at Kodak were spent in the Commercial Printing industry.

His most recent role was CFO and VP of Finance for Kodak's Enterprise Inkjet, Software and Solutions, and Advanced Materials and Micro 3D Printing divisions, where he was responsible for developing and implementing the financial strategy of businesses in both growth and maturity phases. Prior to this, Shomit was Divisional CFO for the Digital Printing and Enterprise division and before that Finance Director for the EMEA region.