Movac Leadership Jam
22 October 2025
- Starting Out
- Scaling Up
- Ignite
Six tech leaders share insights on scaling Kiwi tech companies globally. A rapid-fire event with networking opportunities, exclusively for leaders and founders of New Zealand-headquartered tech companies. Hosted by Serge van Dam, Movac Operating Partner.
Leadership Jam: Six tech leaders tell their best leadership stories of scaling Kiwi tech companies and teams as they take on the world.
A structured, but informal and rapid-fire event, with plenty of time to mingle with your peers, and hatch even more assertive global domination plans for you and your team.
This forum is solely for founders, executive leaders and people professionals within NZ startups.
New Zealand's largest Tech Leadership event hosted by Serge van Dam, Movac Operating Partner. Brought to you by Movac and Emerging Engines.
- Speakers: Initial speaker line-up, more to come.
- Workshop: 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm
- Networking drinks: 4.00 pm - 5.00 pm
Free
Attendance is via approval only and priority will be given to leaders and professionals working for or in Kiwi-founded tech companies
Serge van Dam
Operating Partner at Movac
Serge spent 10 years in mobile banking and payments, principally as Chief Marketing Officer of M-Com, the world’s leading provider of mobile banking platforms to financial institutions (acquired by Nasdaq-listed Fiserv in 2011). In that period, he gained deep experience in international market entry (US, Europe, Asia, etc.), B2B marketing and thought leadership, and managing sales and channel teams at scale. In the last five years, Serge has been an active investor and director in early-stage, high-growth, going-global Kiwi B2B software companies, with particular attention to growth strategies.
Janine Grainger
CEO & Co-Founder at Easy Crypto
Janine co-founded Easy Crypto, New Zealand's leading cryptocurrency trading platform, established in 2017. She is a member of the Executive Council for FinTechNZ and recognised as a Women of Web3 Top 10 Changemaker, the Blockchain New Zealand Stand-Out Individual and Entrepreneur of the Year, and winner of the 2023 IBM Hi-Tech Awards for Inspiring Individual.
Tom Wallace
Founder & CEO at Re-Leased
Tom Wallace is the founder and CEO of Re-Leased Property Software. Founded in 2012, Re-Leased helps thousands of owners and property managers across the world run their property business in the cloud.
Michael Steckler
CEO at Tradify
Michael is a fully rounded executive with more than 17 years' executive-level experience within larger corporate environments at a senior level. He joined Criteo early on and helped not only grow the company to more than 2.5K people and more than $1.7B in revenue, he also prepared much of the required work to help it scale and go public in 2013 on Nasdaq.
Venue
Pipiri Lane
124 Halsey St, Wynyard Quarter, Auckland 1010
Pipiri Lane isn’t just a place to work or host — it’s a statement. Located in Wynyard Quarter, Auckland’s buzzing innovation hub, it’s New Zealand's first cross-laminated timber work and event space. With a 6 Star Green Star rating, Pipiri Lane is one of Auckland’s most sustainable buildings, representing a rare opportunity to align businesses with innovation, environmental responsibility and forward-thinking design.