Morgo offers three Leadership Programs:
The Morgo CEO Leadership Program
A 9-month program that enables CEOs of high growth companies going global from New Zealand to understand the leadership, organisational, marketing, sales and financial requirements of rapid growth and global expansion.
You’re not a start-up. You’re now at the stage where speed, courage and clarity matter most - where choosing the right team and leading them through growth and global scale will define your success. It’s time to lead – to take on those giants - and win.
The CEO Leadership program is now in its third year. In 2026 we are proud to offer the program led by international leadership coach and author, Dr Alia Bojilova.
9-month program
Dr Alia Bojilova and Jenny Morel, alumni of the program and other Growth Experts will lead you through a mix of online learning, in-person sessions, one-to-one coaching with Alia, a trip to San Francisco to see what scale and speed look like (and deepen the relationships with the peers you travel with) and a final wrap day to bring it all together.
To be part of the Morgo CEO Leadership Program, you need to be the CEO of a tech or other high growth company going global from New Zealand which:
Registration is open now for the 2026 Morgo CEO Leadership program
If you would like to know more about the program, please reach out to Jenny.
Nov 2025 - Feb 2026
6 pm Sun 22 – 5 pm 24 Feb - Wellington
6 pm Sun 17 – 5 pm Tues 19 May - Wellington
6 pm Wed 5 - noon Sat 8 Aug - Queenstown
Sun 18 - Fri 22 Oct
Auckland Nov 2026 –
date to be confirmed
Throughout
If 2 cohorts are formed, there will be additional dates added for the 2-day intensive sessions close to these dates.
The Morgo CEO Leadership Program has Two Key Areas of Focus
The non-negotiables of Leadership: Self, Others, Organisation, Future
Strengthening the Nuts & Bolts
As part of the course you will:
Once you've completed the CEO Leadership Program, you will be invited to join the Morgo CEO Alumni Program which meets four times per year and includes MORGO and coaching sessions.
These will be led by Dr Alia Bojilova. They are designed for younger companies to learn the fundamentals of leadership and be ready to scale. Dates for these in 2026 are not yet set. Morgo expects to offer a Clinic in each of Wellington and Auckland.
Dr Alia Bojilova is a registered psychologist and a prolific expert in leadership, resilience and curiosity. She is the author of “The Resilience Toolkit”. Described as insightful, inspiring, energetic and restlessly committed to ‘better - always’, Alia has led, consulted and facilitated at the highest levels of complexity. She has served as an enabler to thousands of leaders, teams and organisations in some of the most testing environments, globally and in New Zealand.
Alia’s deepest passions are in making bold ways to build, broaden and nurture capacity for thriving and fuelling curiosity. She has an insatiable appetite for growth and contribution.
Jenny’s background is in investment banking, company directorships, and venture capital. She now devotes herself to the Morgo community of leaders of technology companies going global from New Zealand and Australia.
Over 20 years ago, Jenny started a niche investment bank to work with technology companies and, a year later, New Zealand’s first US-style venture capital firm, No 8 Ventures. For No 8 Ventures, Jenny was a director of 10 young tech companies going global and chair of 6 of them. She also did stints as CEO at two of them.
Jenny started the 2-day event known as MORGO 20 years ago to bring together people building tech companies out into the world from New Zealand, most of whom didn’t know each other. She kept this going on the side of her other businesses. 12 years ago she went to live in Singapore for 6 years. While there, with Dr Jana Matthews, she started MORGO in Australia. Covid has led to Morgo activities now being restricted to New Zealand.
After Jenny returned to New Zealand 6 years ago, she:
Murray is the co-founder and product visionary of Vista Entertainment Solutions. He was the CEO of Vista until after the company listed in 2014. In 2018 he became the Chief Product Officer of the Vista Group of companies. Now he is an Executive Director – continuing to contribute to the company he built.
Vista designs and develops cinema and studio management solutions for the international film industry. Its software is installed in cinemas and film distributors in over 90 countries. It has subsidiary companies with offices in Los Angeles, Shanghai, Cape Town, London, Amsterdam, Kuala Lumpur and Mexico City and business partners in India and Pakistan to support its customers.
Murray says that the founders of Vista always wanted to build an enduring New Zealand software company and that is what they have achieved.
Goodnature is a Wellington based company reinventing global pest control with smart and humane solutions. We're a tiny but mighty team of 40, vertically integrated across all functions from product development to production, software to e-commerce, and everything in between. Over 80% of our revenue is outside New Zealand, but we're only just getting started - watch this space!
Prior to that my roles as VanMoof's Chief of Staff and Chief Marketing Officer were part of an unbelievable 6 year journey. We created the best electric bikes in the world, and our super-powered global team did an amazing job scaling the business (more than 30X in 6 years) through game-changing products, brand building, and experience design. VanMoof's wider mission is to 'get the next billion on bikes', and everything they do from product to brand to service supports this.
A commercially savvy senior leader, I thrive on helping businesses prosper with an innate ability to understand an organisation from a strategic viewpoint. My key expertise lies in discovering and unlocking what motivates people, businesses and brands to perform at their best. My senior marketing experience spans two decades, driving results with local and international clients across retail, property, banking, food & beverage, aviation, automotive, fashion and more.
As Co-Founder and CEO of Thompson Spencer Group, I lead a team of specialists in delivering exceptional results for our clients through world-class strategy, creative, production, and media, always with an eye on the future. The signature, coveted Thompson Spencer goodie-bag we give our clients is a loyal community of raving fans. Resoundingly positive client feedback on how working together has led to transformation and growth, along with a groaning awards’ cabinet speaks to our success!
Mel won a commendation for Agency Head of the year (Australia/NZ), Campaign Asia Awards 2024, was named a Woman to Watch (Australia/NZ) in the Campaign Asia Awards 2023. She made 4 Acquisitions in 4 years + 1 merger to make Thomson Spencer one of the largest Indie Agencies in New Zealand with offices in London and Sydney.
Founder, international serial software entrepreneur, with 25 years’ experience in tech leadership roles across NZ, Australia and the US - including as founder and CEO of Rad3, the successful software consulting business that spawned Comply Pro.
As Comply Pro's CEO, Michael has his eyes on the horizon as the driving force behind Comply Pro’s growth agenda, but his hands firmly on the wheel, to ensure the business is consistently delivering to the exacting standards and expectations which underpin its success.
Comply Pro - 150k users, 4,500 customers across from Europe to SEA, AUNZ and North America - using our Site App Pro or Safe Food Pro Products. Comply Pro has been built, very deliberately, using a B2B SaaS playbook. Michael's founder / CEO journey has allowed Michael to develop a deep understanding of what it takes to build out a B2B SaaS company.
Michael is a natural storyteller and uses this skill to impart knowledge in an array of settings. Michael sessions are sure to be entertaining, energetic and challenging.
Oscar is an experienced entrepreneur and operations leader with a strong background in technology, product, and business growth. As the founder of Yourdrive, he built and led New Zealand’s first peer-to-peer car-sharing platform, scaling the business over eight years.
He later joined Levno, where he played a key role in modernising the company’s infrastructure leading its transition to cloud-based systems and driving operational efficiency.
With expertise in product development, business strategy, and team leadership, Oscar excels at scaling startups and optimising operations for growth. His hands-on experience in both founding and managing companies gives him a unique perspective on balancing innovation with execution. Passionate about technology and problem-solving, he continues to focus on building and improving businesses through strategic leadership and operational excellence.
I'm a commercial and strategic leader who loves the challenge of transforming and scaling companies. I have deep customer and market strategy, business transformation and programme delivery experience which has led to successful outcomes while working in New Zealand, Europe and the US for brands such as PwC, Kiwibank, Royal Bank of Scotland and Microsoft.
I have an MBA in Finance, am the founder and grower of two tech start-ups and am active in start-up governance.
Registration is open now for the 2026 Morgo CEO Leadership Program
If you would like to know more about the program, please reach out to Jenny.
