Chair Profile
‘I’m passionate about helping businesses create outstanding customer experiences through improvement of skills and adopting new technologies. Over the past 10 years, I’ve helped other business leaders create successful business breakthroughs. Having a forum to share and learn from one another is why Vistage is so momentous to me.’
With an impressive senior executive career spanning the past thirty years, Brian Kelly has been working with business leaders and CEOs to help them deliver on key projects to maximise the value of their enterprise and achieve goals by ensuring they focus on what matters most.
Utilising his extensive skills and background in retail and business operations Brian mentors leaders of independently owned businesses and individuals providing a full range of performance improvement services focusing on increasing revenue and profitability, reducing costs and exceeding objectives.
Further to his previous experience as a Chief Executive and General Manager and roles in Business Operations, Customer Service and Sales and Marketing, key industries of expertise for Brian include FMCG, Construction, Retail, Wholesale, Media, and information technology.
As a successful entrepreneur, Brian has demonstrated his skills as an effective leader and communicator at all levels. He brings an accomplished track record in business planning, HR management, budget management, change management and sales management.
Brian brings with him senior experience in governance, guidance, and advocacy as both a Board Member and as a senior executive working across several industries.
His career highlights include:
- Over 30 years’ experience in senior executive roles across multiple industries
- 12 years as an Executive of a successful management consulting practice
- Founder and CEO of an Augmented Reality company that has developed and distributes a world-leading technology in the field of 3D Augmented Reality
- Acted as founding CEO and Exec Director for a number of retail and technology industry start-ups