# Rod Drury

> Rod Drury is co-founder of Xero. Xero API + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, Xero.

Rod 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.

## What Rod builds

- [Xero API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/xero.md), graded B, 67.2/100, in Accounting & 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.

## Works with

- [Ashish Nangia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ashish-nangia/), Principal Product Manager, API Platform, MCP and AI Agents
- [Hamish Edwards](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/hamish-edwards/), Co-founder, Xero
- [Kelly Curran](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kelly-curran/), Principal Product Manager, APIs and developer tools

## Questions

### Who is Rod Drury?

Rod 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.

### What does Xero make?

Anchor 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.

### How are Rod's tools graded?

Xero API + MCP is graded B, 67.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashishnangia2610/details/experience/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashishnangia2610/
- https://devblog.xero.com/webinar-recap-september-2026-developer-update-8d17b5408776
- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/kelly-curran-b726a676/details/experience/
- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/kelly-curran-b726a676
- https://developer.xero.com/
- https://www.xero.com/uk/about/
- https://developer.xero.com/support
- https://developer.xero.com/contact-xero-developer-platform-support
- https://developer.xero.com
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xero_(software)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Drury

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