About Vistage

Time-tested. CEO-approved.

For more than 65 years, Vistage has brought together CEOs, business owners and senior executives in confidential peer advisory groups. These groups are supported by experienced Chairs, one-to-one executive coaching and practical expert insights.

What is Vistage?

The Vistage approach: peer advisory and executive coaching

Vistage is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organisation for business leaders. We help CEOs, business owners and senior executives make better decisions, improve business performance and become more effective leaders.

Leading a business means making decisions amid complexity, competing priorities and uncertainty. Vistage gives leaders a confidential, high-trust environment to step back, test ideas, gain fresh perspectives and work through the issues that matter most.

Through peer groups, one-to-one executive coaching and expert insights, Vistage gives leaders the perspective, support and practical tools to navigate challenges, seize opportunities and lead with greater clarity and confidence.

What makes Vistage different?

Vistage offers a distinctive approach to decision-making, giving leaders the space to think deeply, see differently and make more informed decisions.

Confidential peer advisory

You’re part of a carefully matched group of non-competing CEOs, business owners and senior executives who bring different experiences and perspectives to the table. A Vistage Chair facilitates each meeting, helping you work through important issues, challenge assumptions and identify new ways forward.

One-to-one executive coaching

Your relationship with your Vistage Chair extends beyond the group. One-to-one coaching provides a confidential space to explore leadership priorities, sensitive business issues and important decisions with an experienced leader you trust.

Dedicated time and expert insights

Vistage gives you dedicated time to focus on the decisions that matter most and think strategically about your business. Expert insights bring practical perspectives on strategy, leadership, finance, growth and the issues shaping business today.

WHO Are Vistage Members?

Members at a glance

Vistage members are CEOs, business owners and senior executives leading established businesses across a wide range of industries. They share the responsibility of making important decisions and leading through complexity, change and growth.

Members are carefully aligned, bringing together diverse perspectives, experiences and approaches to leadership.

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Where VISTAGE Began

Empowering Leaders, Energising Success: Vistage’s 65-Year Journey

It began in 1957, when businessman Bob Nourse brought together several Milwaukee-area executives to help each other solve business challenges. He ensured they came from non-competing industries and kept all conversations strictly confidential. Business experts were also invited to share their insights and experience.

Nourse’s approach delivered strong results, and his local group quickly grew into a global organisation with more than 45,000 members across 40 countries.

Over the past 65 years, Vistage has evolved to support increasingly diverse and complex businesses. Yet it remains true to Bob Nourse’s original vision: to help high-integrity leaders make better decisions that benefit their companies, families and communities.

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Stephanie Christopher

Managing Director Australia and New Zealand

Stephanie Christopher is an accomplished business leader with over 25 years’ experience in the corporate sector.

Prior to Vistage, Stephanie successfully guided CEB SHL Talent Measurement through extensive growth and global best practice initiatives as the ANZ Managing Director. She believes the key to success for any organisation is a true understanding of the importance of leadership and the talent needed to achieve its objectives.

Rob Ristagno

President of International Operations

Rob Ristagno is responsible for strengthening and growing Vistage’s global footprint across Australia/New Zealand, Asia, Europe, Canada, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. In his role, he helps to ensure that more CEOs around the world have access to Vistage peer advisory groups that help them become better leaders, make better decisions and deliver better outcomes.

A global network building better leaders

Vistage connects leaders across 40 countries, creating opportunities to learn from different markets, industries and business environments. This broader perspective helps members understand how leaders in other markets are navigating growth, change and emerging challenges, bringing fresh ideas and new possibilities back to their own businesses.

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