Corporate Governance

The Board of Rakon Limited is committed to conducting business in the right way and maintaining the highest standards of corporate behaviour and accountability. Rakon’s Board regularly reviews the corporate governance framework and supports best practice reporting.

The Board has delegated a number of its responsibilities to committees to assist in the execution of the Board’s responsibilities. These are:

Audit and Risk Committee: Lorraine Witten (Chair), Brent Robinson and Peter Baines.
People Committee (addressing Remuneration and Nomination matters): Lorraine Witten (Chair) TBC.

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Lorraine Witten

Chair and Independent Director

Appointed to the Board on 10 March 2017 and last elected at the 2023 annual meeting. Appointed as Chair on 1 April 2022.

Lorraine is a professional director with extensive experience in technology and Information Communications Technology (ICT) sectors, as well as competence in finance, strategy and entrepreneurship. She is a Chartered Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Directors and has more than 25 years of experience in senior management and finance roles, including as past General Manager of Telecom Mobile from 1997 to 2001.

Lorraine is a director of Mercury NZ Limited. Lorraine is a past Chair of Kordia Group Limited and Move Logistics Limited, a past board member of Pushpay Limited and New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, among others. She is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ).

Lorraine holds a Bachelor of Management Studies with First Class Honours from the University of Waikato.

Brent Robinson

Non-independent Director

Appointed to the Board on 5 November 1991 and last elected at the 2022 annual meeting.

Brent's 43 years at Rakon include almost 36 years as Managing Director /CEO, from 1986 until March 2022, during which time Rakon established global operations and markets. In his capacity as Chief Technology Officer, Brent drives the business' technology and innovation. Under Brent’s leadership, Rakon grew into a global business and a recognised leader in the frequency control product industry.

Brent is an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand. He was awarded the New Zealand Hi-Tech Trust Flying Kiwi Award in 2011. Brent is a director of Quantifi Photonics Limited

Jung Meng (JM) Tseng

Non-independent Director

Appointed to the Board on 13 July 2023 and elected at the 2023 annual meeting.

Jung Meng (JM) is the president of Siward Crystal Technology Co. Limited (Siward), a substantial shareholder (12.19%) in Rakon. An experienced business leader with over 45 years in the frequency control product industry, JM has helped grow Siward to become a global leader with revenue of US$100+ million.

JM is a director of Securitag Assembly Group Limited, Apex Optech Co., Limited and Siward subsidiaries. He holds an EMBA from Feng Chia University in Taiwan.

Dr Peter Baines

Independent Director

Appointed to the Board on 22 August 2025. Peter will put himself forward for election at the 2026 Annual Meeting.

Peter is a highly experienced technology executive and director with over 25 years of leadership experience spanning telecommunications, manufacturing, R&D and commercialisation. He has worked in both New Zealand and internationally across Europe, Asia, and North America – leading multiple successful business turnarounds, exits, and capital raises with oversubscribed investment rounds.

He previously worked in leadership roles for Tait Communications, Trimble and Datacom, and his current role involves commercialising cutting-edge quantum technologies and physics-based innovations at University of Queensland.

He holds double first-class honours degrees in mathematics and physics, and a PhD in physics from the University of Otago and he is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.