Meet our judges
Glen Foster, Director of Accounting Partners, UK & EMEA
The seventh Xero employee in the UK, Glen has over 15 years’ experience in the accounting technology industry. Director of Accounting Partners at Xero, his role is to develop and execute strategies that enable our accounting partner channel to flourish.
Ed Berks, EGM - Global Financial Services Partnerships
Edward leads Xero's engagement with banks, fintechs and strategic partners. He brings considerable experience in business applications, seeking opportunities to improve business processes through partnerships and integrations.
Colin Timmis, Country Manager, South Africa
In 2011, Colin founded South Africa’s first cloud accounting practice, which became one its fastest growing cloud accounting firms. Colin worked with BDO before being appointed SA Country Manager for Xero, and is an expert in cloud accounting.
Amanda Newton, GM - Partner Experience
Amanda, General Manager of Partner Experiences at Xero develops, nurtures and grows meaningful connections with, and between, Xero's Bookkeeping and Accounting partners across our global regions, believing that people are the heart of great businesses.
John Coldicutt, Marketing Director, UK & EMEA
John is an experienced software executive with more than 20 years of B2B experience over which he's held global leadership roles in both private, early stage and large public companies building great teams that drive brand awareness and revenue growth.
Penny Power OBE, Founder, Business is Personal
Penny Power was awarded an OBE in 2014 for her ‘contribution to entrepreneurs in the Digital Economy’, bringing Social Networking to Small Business with Ecademy before anyone else in the world. Ecademy grew across 52 Countries with 650,000 members.
Matt Flanagan, Appacus
Matt Flanagan is the Co-Founder and Head Trainer at Appacus. Through his seminars, training programmes and Virtual Cloud Director services, he helps forward-thinking accountants to get the most out of cloud accounting and the surrounding app ecosystem.
Emma Jones, Enterprise Nation
Emma Jones MBE is a business expert and best-selling author of business books such as Working 5 to 9 and The StartUp Kit. She is passionate about supporting people to start and grow their own business, and representing their views to government and media.
Sonya Trivedy, Samaritans
Sonya has worked in the voluntary sector for 20 years, having held several senior fundraising roles for Terrence Higgins Trust and UNICEF. Sonya joined Samaritans in 2019 and is responsible for leading income-generating activities to support the delivery and development of services across the UK and Ireland.
Monica Turner, Samaritans
Monica joined Putney Samaritans in 2008 and is currently part of the branch training and leaders teams. She has in the past enjoyed roles as Branch Director, Regional Director for London and, most recently, Branch Visitor.
UK Partner Awards
Ireland and South Africa Partner and App Awards
UK App Awards
