Jenny Morel

Jenny Morel founded No 8 Ventures Management in 1999. For No 8 Ventures, Jenny is Chairman of Surveylab, whose ikegps device measures from a distance, the Martin Aircraft Company – producer of the Martin Jetpack, and a director of Rex Bionics, which makes robotic legs for wheelchair users, and Open Cloud, which provides a platform for rapid deployment of new telecommunications services. Jenny also runs the annual Morgo conference, a gathering of people building high growth companies from New Zealand, which she founded in 2002. Before No 8 Ventures Jenny built a niche investment bank to work with technology companies in New Zealand. She has also been a director of a number of large companies, including NZ Rail, Centreport, the Rural Bank, Trust Bank and AgResearch, and worked in investment banking in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. In 2006, Jenny was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to business. In 2011 she was given an award at the Hi Tech Awards for her Outstanding Contribution to the Industry. In 2012 she was named a Wellington Icon at the Gold Awards.