Guiding business leaders to reach their full potential
Vistage Chairs are accomplished former CEOs, business owners, and senior executives who have successfully navigated the complexities of leadership. With a wealth of real-world experience across diverse industries, they are uniquely positioned to guide others on their leadership journeys.
They bring a blend of strategic insight, emotional intelligence, and a passion for developing leaders, ensuring you have the support and perspective needed to excel.
What makes our executive coaches and mentors stand out?
Real-World Leadership Experience
Our Chairs are former CEOs, business owners, and senior executives. They know exactly what it takes to lead because they’ve been in your shoes, giving them the unique insight needed to help you reach a new level of success.
A Proven Framework for Success
Our unique approach has helped leaders succeed for more than 65 years. Every Chair is rigorously trained in our proprietary coaching method, ensuring you receive a world-class, time-tested framework for growth.
Vetted Excellence & Continuous Learning
We select our Chairs through a robust, highly competitive recruiting process. Once on board, they actively participate in ongoing learning to ensure their skills—and your insights—remain ahead of the curve.
Meet some of our coaches and mentors
Vistage Chairs are hand-selected and rigorously trained, they’ve led companies to greater heights throughout their careers and have a desire to help other CEOs succeed at a higher level.
Ron Gauci
Vistage Chair
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Kerry Skellern
Vistage Chair
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Graham Morgan
VIstage Chair
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What Our Chairs say
By bringing together leaders from completely different industries who face the same core business challenges, we create a powerful dynamic. Together, we share deep expertise, challenge each other to think critically, and fiercely advocate for each member’s continued success and growth.
Ron Gauci
Vistage Chair
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.
Kerry Skellern
Vistage Chair
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.
Graham Morgan
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 Chairs – Inspiring Leaders, Driving Results
Frequently Asked Questions
Vistage is more than a networking group. It brings together confidential peer advisory groups of experienced executives who help each other tackle complex business challenges, assess opportunities, and develop effective strategies. Whether addressing operational, financial, structural, or leadership issues, members gain diverse perspectives and actionable insights that improve decision-making, enhance leadership, and drive measurable business results.
Vistage Chairs are experienced executive coaches and mentors, typically former CEOs, business owners, or senior leaders from a wide range of industries. They are independent professionals who facilitate private advisory groups of high-calibre, non-competing business leaders. Ideal Chairs have 15+ years of executive experience, strong business acumen, exceptional management skills, and an entrepreneurial mindset, guiding members with insights, accountability, and strategic advice.
Vistage members are CEOs, business owners, and senior executives of small to midsize companies across nearly every industry, including professional services, manufacturing, technology, healthcare, finance, retail, construction, and family-owned businesses. This diversity ensures peer advisory groups are made up of leaders from non-competing industries, providing members with relevant expertise, fresh perspectives, and actionable insights, regardless of their company size or sector.
Vistage members participate in monthly, Chair-led private advisory board meetings and have access to one-to-one executive coaching, expert speakers, and Vistage Networks. These global networks allow members to connect with peers around the world who share the same industry, affiliation, or area of expertise. Through peer insights, just-in-time feedback, and in-person events with dynamic thought leaders, members make better decisions, achieve business goals, improve work-life balance, and grow their companies 2.2 times faster than the average small to midsize business.
Vistage peer advisory groups and executive coaching programs are available across Australia and New Zealand, including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Auckland, and Christchurch. New groups open regularly, offering leaders access to experienced Chairs, a supportive network of trusted peers, and a structured process for leadership development and business growth.
Vistage Chairs provide personalised business coaching and mentoring, facilitate monthly group meetings, and offer access to expert speakers and workshops. They help members gain clarity on strategic decisions, identify blind spots, and share valuable insights and best practices, fostering personal and professional growth within a structured, confidential environment—supporting leadership excellence and improved business outcomes.
Vistage Chairs bring proven expertise, have led teams, and leverage their personal leadership experience to go beyond traditional coaching by also facilitating peer advisory groups. Members gain collaboration, accountability, and diverse perspectives that accelerate leadership development, business growth, and results—providing benefits beyond one-to-one coaching alone.
Executive coaching provides personalised guidance and peer insights to help CEOs and business owners tackle complex challenges such as strategic planning, succession, talent management, family dynamics, and preparing to sell a business. With confidential peer support, actionable strategies, and accountability, leaders clarify decisions, strengthen leadership, improve team performance, achieve stronger business outcomes, and drive measurable personal and professional growth.
If you have extensive leadership experience and a passion for mentoring, you can apply to become a Vistage Chair. The process includes an application, interview, and training program to ensure alignment with Vistage’s values, standards, and approach to facilitating peer advisory groups and executive coaching.
Ready to take your leadership to the next level?
Find out why our members rely on their peer advisory groups to help them make critical decisions, face their greatest challenges and explore their biggest opportunities.