{
  "data": null,
  "kind": "anchor.page",
  "links": {
    "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json",
    "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rod-drury/",
    "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rod-drury/index.json",
    "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt",
    "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rod-drury/index.md",
    "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp",
    "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rod-drury/index.min.md"
  },
  "markdown": "Co-founder, Xero.\n\nRod Drury founded Xero in Wellington in 2006 with Hamish Edwards and was its CEO until 2018. He earlier built Glazier Systems, a New Zealand software development and consulting company sold in 1999, then set up Context Connect and the email technology company Aftermail.\n\n## What Rod builds\n\n- [Xero API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/xero.md), graded B, 67.2/100, in Accounting \u0026 invoicing. Accounting API for Xero organisations, with contacts, invoices, bills, payments, bank transactions, manual journals, the balance sheet, profit and loss and trial balance, plus payroll in some regions. Co-founder, Xero, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Ashish Nangia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ashish-nangia/), Principal Product Manager, API Platform, MCP and AI Agents\n- [Hamish Edwards](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/hamish-edwards/), Co-founder, Xero\n- [Kelly Curran](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kelly-curran/), Principal Product Manager, APIs and developer tools\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Rod Drury?\n\nRod Drury founded Xero in Wellington in 2006 with Hamish Edwards and was its CEO until 2018. He earlier built Glazier Systems, a New Zealand software development and consulting company sold in 1999, then set up Context Connect and the email technology company Aftermail.\n\n### What does Xero make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Xero API + MCP from Xero. Accounting API for Xero organisations, with contacts, invoices, bills, payments, bank transactions, manual journals, the balance sheet, profit and loss and trial balance, plus payroll in some regions.\n\n### How are Rod's tools graded?\n\nXero API + MCP is graded B, 67.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashishnangia2610/details/experience/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashishnangia2610/\n- https://devblog.xero.com/webinar-recap-september-2026-developer-update-8d17b5408776\n- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/kelly-curran-b726a676/details/experience/\n- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/kelly-curran-b726a676\n- https://developer.xero.com/\n- https://www.xero.com/uk/about/\n- https://developer.xero.com/support\n- https://developer.xero.com/contact-xero-developer-platform-support\n- https://developer.xero.com\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xero_(software)\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Drury\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
  "meta": {
    "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)",
    "attributionRequired": true,
    "credit": "CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link the page or API address you took it from (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)",
    "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/",
    "generatedAt": "2026-10-28",
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/",
    "methodology": "0.7",
    "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json",
    "preview": false,
    "run": "2026-10-01",
    "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
    "terms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data"
  },
  "page": {
    "breadcrumbs": [
      {
        "name": "Home",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/"
      },
      {
        "name": "People building AI tools",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Rod Drury",
        "url": ""
      }
    ],
    "description": "Rod Drury is co-founder of Xero. Xero API + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.",
    "facts": null,
    "h1": "Rod Drury",
    "image": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/assets/og/default.png",
    "path": "/people/rod-drury/",
    "published": "",
    "section": "people",
    "title": "Rod Drury, Co-founder, Xero | Anchor Terminal",
    "toc": null,
    "updated": "2026-10-28",
    "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rod-drury/"
  },
  "tokens": {
    "markdown": 900,
    "slim": 680
  },
  "version": 1
}