From Leader to Chair: Your Next Chapter

Thursday 15th of October 2026

12:00 - 13:00

Event Overview

From Leader to Chair: Your Next Chapter

You’ve led businesses. You’ve made the tough calls. Now it’s time to explore your next chapter.

Join us for an exclusive webinar where Emma van Rooyen will have a conversation with a current Vistage Chair about their journey from leading a business to leading leaders. Learn how a Chair creates impact, builds a thriving practice, and designs a career with purpose and flexibility.

This is your chance to ask questions, gain practical insights, and discover whether becoming a Vistage Chair could be your next step.

What You Will Learn

  • How a Chair’s career evolves after leading a business

  • What it takes to build and grow a successful Chair practice

  • How to create lasting impact on CEOs and senior leaders

  • Insights on flexibility, recurring income, and local leadership 

Why Attend?

  • Hear real-life experiences from a Vistage Chair

  • Ask questions and get actionable advice

  • Explore opportunities to expand your impact beyond your own business

  • Take your first step toward a purposeful, independent career

 

Hosted by

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Steven Spillane

Vistage Chair

Steven retied from a decorated career KPMG in April 2019 after 32 years; having spent most of that time leading the Business Valuation practice in Dublin. He now Chairs a Vistage CE group in Dublin.

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Emma van Rooyen

Emma bring more than 25 years of experience driving growth, brand transformation and commercial success across global organisations. A strategic leader with a hands-on approach, she has built a reputation for helping businesses unlock value by combining market insight, customer understanding and strong commercial execution.

Throughout her career, Emma has led growth and marketing strategies for leading organisations including ManpowerGroup, Goodwin, Stroz Friedberg, Booz Allen Hamilton, Deloitte and PwC. She has successfully repositioned brands, launched new products and services, strengthened market leadership and built trusted partnerships that deliver measurable business results.

Now at Vistage, Emma is focused on growing the organisation's impact across the UK & Ireland, helping CEOs and business leaders make better decisions, build stronger organisations and create lasting value for their businesses, people and communities.