Steve Gilroy is Chief Executive at Vistage International (UK) – the world’s leading Chief Executive organisation. With over 25 years of global Sales, Marketing and General Management experience, Steve’s experience has spanned the globe and includes work for multi-national corporations, IT, education businesses and membership organisations.
Throughout his career, Steve has worked in many Sales, Marketing and Leadership roles, and has a reputation for implementing crystal-clear sales growth plans in simple action-oriented steps. He has managed several international sales teams, and has worked literally all over the globe. Steve is a Miller-Heiman Master of Sales and has delivered hundreds of keynote presentations, sales training and coaching sessions in Europe, Asia and North America and is also a regular industry presenter in the areas of IT Skills, Innovation, Futures and Sales & Marketing. He has developed many sales tools, templates and has designed practical sales process models for several leading organisations.
Steve has a Master’s Degree in Information Systems Design & Management from Kingston University, London and is a member of the Institute of Directors. He lives near Brackley in Northamptonshire with his wife and two sons.
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