Xero appoints new Managing Director, Australia & New Zealand
Angad Soin, Global Chief Strategy Officer, to lead Xero’s largest region
WELLINGTON — 24 October, 2024— Xero, the global small business platform, today announced the appointment of Angad Soin as Xero’s Managing Director, Australia & New Zealand, effective immediately.
Reporting to Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), Ashley Hansen Grech, Angad is responsible for the region’s strategy, revenue, partner and customer engagement. Serving in a dual role, Angad retains his position as Global Chief Strategy Officer on Xero’s Executive Leadership Team.
Australia and New Zealand is Xero’s largest market and a core part of its Win the 3x3 strategic priority.
CRO Ashley Hansen Grech, said: “Angad’s background and experience, including working with me to evolve our go-to-market capabilities, makes him the right fit for this role. I’m excited to work with Angad as we further strengthen Xero in ANZ for our customers, partners, people and our stakeholders.”
Angad Soin, Managing Director ANZ and Global Chief Strategy Officer said: “Xero is an iconic company with strong roots and an incredible future in ANZ. I’m excited to lead this strategically important region for Xero and continue to drive growth while deepening our customer relationships. Getting out to connect with our customers and partners is my first priority and I look forward to doing that over the coming months.”
Angad’s appointment adds to the existing ANZ leadership team with Bridget Snelling, Country Manager NZ and Theo Konstantas, Sales Director Australia, who continue in their respective roles reporting to Angad.
Angad joined Xero in 2021 as an Executive General Manager in Xero’s strategy team. He was promoted to Global Chief Strategy Officer in February 2023, responsible for leading Xero’s global strategy and driving operational excellence. Prior to that, Angad was at Deloitte for 13 years in various roles including working with global clients to help them develop their strategies including pricing, transformation and go-to-market.
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Media Contact
Jess Brophy | Communications Director ANZ | +61 431 268 549 | jess.brophy@xero.com
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Xero is a global small business platform with 4.2 million subscribers. Xero’s smart tools help small businesses and their advisors to manage core accounting functions like tax and bank reconciliation, and complete other important small business tasks like payroll and payments. Xero’s extensive ecosystem of connected apps and connections to banks and other financial institutions provide a range of solutions from within Xero’s open platform to help small businesses run their business and manage their finances more efficiently.
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