---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001377789-21-000053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVNW"
cik: "0001377789"
company_name: "AVIAT NETWORKS, INC."
filed_at: "2021-08-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T06:58:30.767876+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aviat Networks board refresh: three directors step down, two new nominees named

## Summary
- Directors John Quicke, Dahlia Loeb, and Ken Kong will not stand for re-election at Nov. 10, 2021 annual meeting.
- New nominees are Bryan Ingram (ex-Broadcom SVP) and Somesh Singh (ex-Emerson CPO).
- Four current directors (Mutch, Klein, Smith, Stoffel) also up for re-election at the same meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001377789-21-000053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVNW
- cik: 0001377789
- company_name: AVIAT NETWORKS, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-08-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1377789/000137778921000053/0001377789-21-000053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1377789/000137778921000053/avnw-20210824.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001377789-21-000053
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001377789-21-000053.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001377789-21-000053.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kenneth Kong departed as Director at AVIAT NETWORKS, INC..
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 26, 2021, Kenneth Kong, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Aviat Networks, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Board that he would not stand for re-election as members of the Board at the 2021 annual meeting of the stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1377789/000137778921000053/0001377789-21-000053-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dahlia Loeb departed as Director at AVIAT NETWORKS, INC..
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 24, 2021, John Quicke and Dahlia Loeb, both members of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Aviat Networks, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Board that they would not stand for re-election as members of the Board at the 2021 annual meeting of the stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1377789/000137778921000053/0001377789-21-000053-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Quicke departed as Director at AVIAT NETWORKS, INC..
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 24, 2021, John Quicke and Dahlia Loeb, both members of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Aviat Networks, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Board that they would not stand for re-election as members of the Board at the 2021 annual meeting of the stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1377789/000137778921000053/0001377789-21-000053-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.