Our Chairs
Experience that helps leaders move forward
Vistage Chairs bring more than executive coaching. They facilitate confidential peer advisory groups where experienced, non-competing leaders can challenge assumptions, explore different perspectives and work through the issues that matter most.
‘One of the most rewarding aspects of my work is seeing leaders recognise their potential and take clear steps to realise it. Helping them build confidence, gain clarity, and deliver meaningful results—both personally and professionally—is where I see real impact.’
Ron Gauci, Vistage Chair
What sets Vistage Chairs apart?
Real-world leadership experience
Our Vistage Chairs are former CEOs and, business owners who’ve led organisations through growth, change and complex business decisions. They understand the realities and pressures of leadership because they’ve experienced them first-hand.
A proven approach to leadership development
Every Chair is trained in Vistage’s proprietary methodology, combining expert facilitation, peer advisory and one-to-one executive coaching to help leaders think more clearly and make better decisions.
Carefully selected and continually developed
Chairs are selected through a rigorous recruitment process and participate in ongoing professional development to maintain a consistently high standard of leadership support.
Meet our Chairs
New Vistage peer groups launching
If you’re a CEO or business owner looking to strengthen your leadership, make better decisions and grow your business alongside experienced peers, explore one of these new Vistage peer groups.
Meet our Vistage Chairs across Australia & New Zealand
Our peer advisory groups meet across Australia and New Zealand, bringing together leaders from a wide range of industries and business backgrounds. Explore our Chair profiles below to learn more about their experience, leadership background and the groups they facilitate.
More confidence in your decisions. More impact in your leadership.
‘There’s an energy that comes from working with business leaders to generate surprising insights and solutions. At Vistage, we make this happen from within my group environment by embracing diverse viewpoints to solve each other’s challenges. In our coaching sessions, the power of curiosity unlocks transformational change for each member.’
Vistage Chair
‘Facilitating a process that can impact on my members’ lives both professionally and personally is extremely rewarding. As a Chair, I love guiding the group to challenge and explore a fellow member’s issue or opportunity and seeing the power of the group help that member pivot and see a new root cause.‘
Vistage Chair
Vistage Chairs – Inspiring better leadership. Delivering stronger results.
Frequently asked questions
Vistage Chairs are experienced business leaders who work closely with CEOs and business owners as facilitators and executive coaches. Most are former CEOs, founders or senior executives who have led organisations through significant growth, change and complexity. Chairs are selected for their leadership experience, communication ability and track record in business. They undergo a structured selection and training process to ensure they can effectively support senior leaders.
Vistage Chairs typically bring decades of leadership experience from running or leading businesses across a range of industries. This real-world background enables them to provide practical perspective grounded in experience, not theory.
Because they have sat in the same seat as the leaders they support. This shared experience helps them understand the pressures, trade-offs and complexity of senior leadership, allowing for more relevant and practical conversations.
A Vistage Chair provides a confidential space for CEOs and business owners to think clearly about their most important decisions. They help challenge assumptions, provide perspective and support better thinking through structured conversations and executive coaching.
Vistage Chairs help leaders slow down thinking, explore different perspectives and test assumptions before making important decisions. This helps improve clarity, reduce blind spots and increase confidence in execution.
Unlike traditional coaching alone, Vistage Chairs combine executive coaching with real-world leadership experience and the facilitation of peer advisory groups. This provides both individual perspective and collective insight from other senior leaders.
While leadership teams provide internal input, Vistage Chairs offer independent, external perspective. This helps CEOs test thinking without internal bias, pressure or organisational politics influencing decisions.
Yes. Experienced leaders with a strong background in business leadership and a passion for supporting other executives can apply. The selection process ensures alignment with Vistage’s standards, values and facilitation approach.
Bring fresh perspective to your leadership
Peer advisory groups that help CEOs make better decisions, solve real challenges, and unlock growth opportunities.