About Steve Vamos

Steve Vamos is a Director, advisor, and investor with over 40 years of experience in the global technology and digital media industries. His previous experience includes his role as CEO of Xero (2018-2023) and previous senior executive positions at Microsoft, Apple, and IBM. He also led the growth of the online media business ninemsn from start-up to industry leader as the company’s CEO, and has worked with a number of startups as Chair and investor. His passion is in helping leaders and organizations build great teams and to develop a culture that supports growth and high performance. He also enjoys sharing his experiences as a speaker on leadership in a constantly changing and unpredictable world. Born in the cloud, Xero is a beautiful, easy to use platform for small businesses and their advisors with over 3 million subscribers to the platform in more than 180 countries. Steve Vamos has served as a non-executive director of Telstra, Fletcher Building, Medibank Private and David Jones and as a non-executive director and advisor to a range of Australian organisations, which span from start-ups through to large established companies. In his role at Microsoft as Vice President of worldwide sales and international operations for Microsoft Corporation's Online Service Group, he was responsible for the organisation's international business in more than 30 countries around the world. Steve was the founder and President of the Society for Knowledge Economics (SKE), a not-for-profit think-tank that operated from 2005 to 2014. SKE aimed to encourage and promote new and better leadership and management practices, which would enable innovation, productivity and sustainability. Steve holds a degree in Civil Engineering (with Honors) from the University of New South Wales.