Investing in vision, guiding execution.
Strategic guidance and investment for high-growth tech ventures. From the early stages to global expansion.
Gary Turner
I am a certified director specialising in strategy, go-to-market and leadership development. I've held senior operational and executive leadership roles at publicly listed organisations, including Microsoft and Xero, and have over 20 years of board experience across start-up, scale-up and corporate contexts.
As Xero’s UK CEO between 2009 and 2022, I led our business from a start-up with £50k in annual sales to a major player and leading UK brand with annual revenues of £180 million (FY25: £256m). I’m proud to say that today, more than 1 million British businesses rely on Xero for their accounting and financial management.
I have a certificate in Corporate Governance from INSEAD.
Board director and investor
Scaling a business is a series of structural 'breaks.' My focus as a board member is to anticipate those breaks before they happen. Having led Xero UK’s growth through every stage of its journey, I help boards balance the urgent need for growth with the critical need for governance. I specialise in turning high-growth chaos into repeatable, institutional success.
Board & Advisory
I back B2B founders in the UK and Europe who are getting off the ground, as well as those navigating the Scale-up phase — moving from product-market fit to sustainable, high-velocity growth. I look for technical teams with deep domain expertise and the ambition to build category-defining brands.
