# Rod Drury (slim)

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

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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.

### 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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