Leadership in Times Like No Other & Creating and Enabling Innovation at Work

About Steve

Steve Vamos is an author, advisor and Director with over 40 years of 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 company’s growth and performance with a team of more than 4,500 employees. He 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, from start-ups to large established companies.

Over a 40-year career in technology, Steve was Chief Executive Officer of ninemsn, Managing Director of Microsoft Australia & New Zealand, Vice President of Microsoft’s Online Service Group, Vice President and Managing Director of Apple Computer Asia Pacific, and Managing Director of Apple Computer Australia.

As Vice President of worldwide sales and international operations for Microsoft Corporation's Online Service Group, Steve 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 thinktank that operated from 2005 to 2014. SKE aimed to encourage and promote new and better leadership and management practices, enabling innovation, productivity and sustainability. Steve holds a degree in Civil Engineering (with Honours) from the University of New South Wales.