Adam is the Managing Director of Motive Group and owner of several service related businesses throughout New Zealand; including a multi-site hotel and serviced apartment company, urban backpacker, conference centre, online marketing group, security services and business development consulting company. Founded in 2006, Adam has seen the company move from strength to strength, including opening Ohtel, a brand new luxury 5 star hotel in downtown Auckland in 2021, along with launching an accommodation leasing management company Habitat in 2022 with Hotel DeBrett as its first hotel.
Known in his earlier years for his training academy and food & beverage expertise, Adam has written training material for the service sector for over 20 years and facilitated more than 10,000 people in the art of soft skills.
Dad to 3, keen sponsor and supporter to the arts, sport and community, Adam is strongly customer focused and proudly leads the teams across all business entities by example.
Hazel has established a strong career within the hospitality industry, joining Motive Group at the end of 2019 as Chief Commercial Director. Prior to joining Motive, Hazel worked in senior management roles within hospitality in the UK, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia.
She has knowledge in a diverse range of hospitality systems and processes, from ecommerce, data integration, revenue, sales, loyalty, brand management and is also a Chartered Marketer, recognised by the Marketing Association NZ.
Hazel’s love of travel, food, wine and exploring the great outdoors ensures she’s a passionate advocate for all things hospitality related.
Kevin has been working in the hospitality and IT industries for all of his working life, and most recently 8 years with Xero running a global technical support team, providing the interface between technology and customers. He brings his solid understanding of both of these worlds to Motive Group as Director of Technology, to help both our internal and external customers harness the benefits technology can offer.
In late 2019, Kevin took on additional responsibilities as Managing Director for Rooms Online, aligning with his enthusiasm for providing first rate revenue management services for hospitality providers across New Zealand, as well as delivering strategic direction for the company.
Kevin lives on the beautiful south coast of Wellington with his wife, and two young children. Outside of a busy family life he loves to get on his snowboard or mountain bike as much as he can.
Sarah Croskery is our Project Manager. Sarah is based in the beautiful Taupo region and brings a wealth of hospitality experience, having worked in HR, operations, finance and more recently sales and marketing. Sarah will be setting up and managing key suppliers and partnership relationships for ASURE.
Nadia is our Marketing Executive. Supporting all entities, Nadia helps build and develop brand awareness through implementing marketing strategies. Producing creative content, managing social media channels, Nadia recently graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Business Management with a major in Sales and Marketing.
Shrey is our Finance and Human Resources Administrator. Shrey works closely with our internal and external stakeholders to ensure things like accounts payable, banking, payroll, and HR aspects run smoothly across all the entities we support. Shrey brings a fresh viewpoint to our operations, having recently graduated with a Masters in Management Studies in Finance from Waikato University.
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