Olaf Berlien among directors at Canada’s LeddarTech

Former Osram CEO Olaf Berlien has resurfaced on the supervisory board of LeddarTech, a Canadian company that provides light-based technologies for self-driving cars, and which is partially owned by Osram.

Berlien, who left his six-year stint as Osram boss at the end of February, took an early interest in LeddarTech while at Osram, where in July 2017 he approved a 25.1% stake in the company.

Lidar — a long-used term for light detection and ranging — uses pulsed lasers to detect the presence and distance of people, cars, and other objects outside of a car.