Flagstaff CEO wins Business Leader of the Year

The Flagstaff Group’s CEO Roy Rogers was the proud winner of the Business Leader of the Year award at the 2016 Illawarra Business Chamber Awards on Friday night at the WIN Entertainment Centre. These annual awards honour the region’s most outstanding businesses, with the Business Leader of the Year category recognising those who have made a positive contribution to business. Finalists who were selected continuously displayed spirit, innovation, and strategic business direction, whilst inspiring the new generation of upcoming leaders in business.

The Flagstaff Group is an Australian Disability Enterprise which provides meaningful employment, skills, and vocational training to over 275 people with disability. Flagstaff operates a number of commercial business divisions and collaborates with community and industry partnerships in order to find innovative ways of providing these opportunities. All Flagstaff’s efforts are aimed towards providing independence, social inclusion, and employment options to people with disability.

After accepting the award, Roy said ‘I am very honoured to be recognised with this award from the local business community. The leadership award is reflective of the team that I am supported by. It is also recognition of the achievements of Flagstaff’s employees, staff, and board’s hard work and motivation to continue to make such a difference in our local community. I am proud to be leading such a wonderful organisation that is committed to unlocking the potential of people with disability to reach their goals’. Roy looks forward to he and the team at Flagstaff providing further opportunities for people with disability and to continue finding new ways of making positive contributions to the community.