Board battle lines drawn at Rakon: former CTO Brent Robinson and major shareholder don't support chair-elect

Board battle lines drawn at Rakon: former CTO Brent Robinson and major shareholder don't support chair-elect
Rakon's former chief technology officer and shareholder Brent Robinson wants to be its new chair. (Image: NZME)
Rebecca Stevenson
The battle lines have been drawn over who will become Rakon’s new chair, with former boss Brent Robinson and its major shareholder pulling support for Mark Bregman. In a release to the stock exchange on Monday morning, Rakon said former executive and shareholder Robinson would not support Bregman, Lisbeth Jacobs and Jon Raby to join the board at its scheduled meeting later this month. Rakon said its 12.19% shareholder, Taiwanese company Siward Crystal Technology Co, and its board appointee, Jung Meng Tseng, were also against the...

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