CEO, Xero
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| CEO | Xero | Forbes Australia (24 Aug 2026), Forbes Australia (21 Jul 2026), Startup Daily, SmartCompany |
| CEO (former) | Joyous | SmartCompany |
| President (former) | StubHub | SmartCompany |
| President, Asia-Pacific and Latin America (former) | SmartCompany |
Stories naming Sukhinder Singh Cassidy. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
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Forbes Australia reports Xero's board lifted CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy's potential pay to US$18.5 million, mostly equity vesting over three years, and now requires her to hold shares worth five times her salary.
Xero's chief people officer Jeff Ryan left the ASX-listed software firm in early July, with its people function reporting interim to CFO Claire Bramley, as the company's shares slide on AI disruption fears.
Commonwealth Bank's venture arm is buying invoice lender Waddle from Xero for an undisclosed sum, undoing Xero's 2020 purchase, to boost the bank's working-capital offering.
Xero has named Sukhinder Singh Cassidy as its next chief executive from February 2023, succeeding the retiring Steve Vamos; her background spans Google, StubHub, Boardlist and Joyus.