New Telstra director Maxine Brenner has been hit with a 17 per cent vote against her election to the telecommunications group’s board after a proxy firm raised concerns over how she has handled corporate governance issues while on the board of Qantas.

While 83 per cent of total votes were cast in Ms Brenner’s favour, 17 per cent were cast against her at Telstra’s annual general meeting on Tuesday. This compares with 99 per cent of votes cast in favour of another new director, former AMP Capital Funds Management chairman Ming Long.