Xero Limited announced the appointment of Sukhinder Singh Cassidy as Xero's new CEO, from 1 February 2023. Sukhinder will succeed Steve Vamos who, after serving almost five years as CEO, is retiring from the role and plans to return to his previous portfolio in business coaching and leadership development as an advisor, director and investor. Sukhinder is an experienced Silicon Valley executive, with more than 25 years' global leadership experience, including as President, Asia Pacific & Latin America at Google; President at StubHub; founder of theBoardlist; founder of Joyus, where she was CEO; and co-founder of Yodlee.

She has significant public and private board experience with multiple companies. Sukhinder will start at Xero on 28 November 2022. She will work closely with Steve to manage the CEO transition, with Steve remaining available to advise through to the end of May 2023.

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy is an experienced CEO, digital leader and board member with more than 25 years' experience building and scaling global companies including Google, Amazon, Yodlee, Joyus and StubHub. From 2018-2020, as the President of StubHub Inc. (a subsidiary of eBay) - a leading global ticketing marketplace for live entertainment with USD 5 billion in GMV, and over USD 1 billion in global revenues Sukhinder was responsible for the platform's operations across its US and international sites. She also served as a member of eBay's global executive leadership team.

Sukhinder has deep international and fintech experience. She was founder, Chair and CEO of Joyus from 2011-2017. From 2003-2009, Sukhinder was President, Asia Pacific & Latin America at Google, where she successfully built its operations from less than USD 100 million in revenue into a multi-billion dollar business, spanning 103 countries.

Prior to Google, Sukhinder co-founded fintech pioneer Yodlee in 1999 and served as SVP of Sales and Business Development. A Canadian national, Sukhinder is strongly associated with technology companies in Silicon Valley. She started her career in investment banking with Merrill Lynch in New York and London.

She currently serves on the board of publicly traded fintech, Upstart. She also has previous experience serving on the boards of Ericsson, Trip Advisor, Urban Outfitters, Stitchfix and J.Crew. Sukhinder is an advocate for advancing diversity and inclusion; in 2015 she founded theBoardList, an online talent marketplace connecting CEOs with qualified diverse board candidates who are peer endorsed.

She is also the author of the Wall Street Journal best-seller, "Choose Possibility" which offers advice on how to manage and optimise risk-taking for professional growth.