Steve Vamos

Steve Vamos is an advisor and Director with over 40 years experience in the global technology and digital media industries. He has lived and worked in Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Asia.
 
Steve was CEO of ASX-listed tech company Xero from April 2018 to February 2023, where he led the business’s growth and performance with a team of more than 4,500 employees. 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 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.
 
Steve has also been Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Australia and New Zealand, ninemsn, Vice President and Managing Director of Apple Computer Asia Pacific, and Managing Director of Apple Computer Australia.
 
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.