The company said this week he will work closely with Xero’s president for the Americas, Tony Ward. Applications & Services division encompasses Financial Services, Payroll, Planday and the Ecosystem/Xero App store. Based in San Francisco, Calif., O’Neill, was most recently a senior advisor and previously a partner with Sagard/Portage Investors from 2020 on. Previous roles include serving as president and CEO for Evernote from 2015 through 2018. He was with Google for slightly more than 10 years, including one year with global business operations for Goggle X and managing director for Google Canada from 2010 through 2014.
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Xero has hired Chris O’Neill in the new position of chief growth officer and a member of the global leadership team. Besides being responsible for the new Applications and Services division, he is responsible for growing the business in the America.
