Raelene is Chief Executive of the Sport New Zealand Group. She joined Sport NZ in December 2020 after seven years working in Australia as Chief Executive of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Chief Executive of Rugby Australia. She was previously Chief Executive of Netball New Zealand from 2007 to 2013. 

Prior to her career in sports administration, Raelene built a successful corporate career in communications, sales and marketing. This included general management and other senior roles at Telecom New Zealand (now Spark), Bank of New Zealand and Fuji Xerox.  

Raelene has held several governance roles in sport, previously serving as a board director of ANZ Championship Netball, the International Federations of Netball Associations, SANZAAR Rugby and the World Rugby Council. 

She has a rich sporting background as a former representative-level netball, tennis and lawn bowls player. 

Raelene was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2015 for services to business and sport.