Heckles and hostility: Rakon investors push back against NZSA’s boardroom challenge

Heckles and hostility: Rakon investors push back against NZSA’s boardroom challenge
NZSA CEO Oliver Mander used his own shareholding in Rakon to try to remove current director Brent Robinson. (Image: NZME)
Rebecca Stevenson
Small shareholders in tech company Rakon say shareholder advocate Oliver Mander’s sustained questioning of director Brent Robinson at its annual meeting was unfair, aggressive and undermined the company. The New Zealand Shareholders Association’s (NZSA) chief executive was loudly heckled at the advanced tech manufacturer’s annual meeting on Friday as he “grilled” Robinson and attempted to remove him from Rakon’s board. As a shareholder in Rakon, Mander put forward several resolutions, including axin...

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