Gary Turner
Non Executive Director,
Translucent
United Kingdom
Gary advises and invests in early-stage tech in both the UK and internationally. As an operator, he established and led the UK arm of the global cloud accounting platform Xero from 2009 to 2022. Under his leadership, Xero's UK business grew from revenue of £56k in its first year to over £150 million from more than 850,000 customers. Prior to Xero, Gary held leadership roles at Microsoft and Systems Union.
He has advised more than 100 founders and executives through every growth stage and alongside that, he's made a number of angel investments in the next generation of B2B startups.