Aditya Hadi Pratama · · 1 min readXero appoints former Google exec as chief growth officer
Xero, a New Zealand-based accounting software firm, has appointed Chris O’Neill as its first chief growth officer. Before joining the company, he was a former executive at Google and CEO of note-taking app Evernote.
Xero chief growth officer Chris O’Neill / Photo credit: Chris O’Neill
O’Neill will lead a new division called Applications & Services that represents the company’s small business solutions, including financial services and payroll. He will report directly to Xero CEO Steve Vamos.
The chief growth officer will also lead the accounting software firm’s strategic development in the US and Canada, where he will work closely with the company’s president for the region, Tony Ward.
Founded in 2006, Xero helps small business owners and their advisors access real-time financial data by offering an ecosystem of over 800 third-party apps and 200 connections to banks and other financial partners. It has more than 3 million users worldwide.
In March 2021, it acquired two e-invoicing firms and a workforce management platform.
Xero posted a net profit of NZ$19.8 million (around US$14.2 million) for FY 2021, an increase of NZ$16.4 million (US$11.8 million) from the previous financial year.
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Editing by Collin Furtado and Lorenzo Kyle Subido
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