Chris Ridd

Chris Ridd leads Xero’s growing Australian operation, having joined the company as managing director in February 2011. He has spent over 20 years in the Australian IT industry, the last 15 years at Microsoft. Chris’ experience spans a range of disciplines including enterprise sales and marketing, product management, strategic planning, business analysis, channel development and people management. With overall responsibility for business strategy, people management, revenue growth and key alliances, Chris plans to lead the expansion of Xero’s market share in the Australian marketplace as the IT industry shifts aggressively towards cloud computing. He enjoys working directly with customers and demonstrating the positive impact of technology in business. Before joining Xero Chris was director of the Microsoft Dynamics Business Group for Australia. With a reputation for effective and decisive execution of strategy as well as a proven ability in building and leading strong teams, he holds a track record of success and delivering against challenging growth targets.