Mark Gallagher is a prolific public speaker on a range of business topics relating to experience gained while working in senior management roles within Formula One auto racing over the last 30 years. Today he is co-commentator and senior Formula One analyst for the BBC in the UK as well as founder and CEO of Performance Insights.
Mark's management career in Formula One included more than a decade on the management board of the highly successful Jordan Grand Prix team, running the world famous Cosworth engine business and establishing the commercial arm of Red Bull Racing which went on to become 4-times World Champions. During his career he has worked with many of the sport's leading drivers, including former World Champion drivers Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher and Mika Hakkinen.
Mark's career in Formula One started in 1983, spending seven years working in the media and as a consultant to Philip Morris International before joining Eddie Jordan's fledgling Grand Prix team in 1990 and joining the team's management board. He became part of the newly created Red Bull Racing management team in 2004, and was invited to lead Cosworth's return to Formula One as an engine and technology supplier in 2010, overseeing its supply of one-third of the teams on the starting grid.
Along the way he founded Status Grand Prix, which won the 2009 Motorsport World Cup of Motorsport and became a race-winning team in junior formulae as well as competing in the Le Mans 24 Hours sport car race. He helped developed the new hybrid petrol-electric engine regulations introduced into Formula One in 2014, and recently published his second book – 'The Business of Winning – Strategic Success from the Formula One track to the Boardroom'. Between 2005 and 2009 Mark was motor sport consultant to Disney Pixar on CARS and CARS II.
Mark Gallagher is a prolific public speaker on a range of business topics relating to experience gained while working in senior management roles within Formula One auto racing over the last 30 years. Today he is co-commentator and senior Formula One analyst for the BBC in the UK as well as founder and CEO of Performance Insights.
Mark's management career in Formula One included more than a decade on the management board of the highly successful Jordan Grand Prix team, running the world famous Cosworth engine business and establishing the commercial arm of Red Bull Racing which went on to become 4-times World Champions. During his career he has worked with many of the sport's leading drivers, including former World Champion drivers Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher and Mika Hakkinen.
Mark's career in Formula One started in 1983, spending seven years working in the media and as a consultant to Philip Morris International before joining Eddie Jordan's fledgling Grand Prix team in 1990 and joining the team's management board. He became part of the newly created Red Bull Racing management team in 2004, and was invited to lead Cosworth's return to Formula One as an engine and technology supplier in 2010, overseeing its supply of one-third of the teams on the starting grid.
Along the way he founded Status Grand Prix, which won the 2009 Motorsport World Cup of Motorsport and became a race-winning team in junior formulae as well as competing in the Le Mans 24 Hours sport car race. He helped developed the new hybrid petrol-electric engine regulations introduced into Formula One in 2014, and recently published his second book – 'The Business of Winning – Strategic Success from the Formula One track to the Boardroom'. Between 2005 and 2009 Mark was motor sport consultant to Disney Pixar on CARS and CARS II.
Team Work
The team work starts months, sometimes years, before the race; from factory-based staff working with key suppliers to design, manufacture and develop a Formula One car featuring leading edge, aerospace technology, right through to the pit crew at the race track tasked with changing all four wheels during a three second pit stop.
As a high...
Leadership
Formula One's Chief Executive Officer, Bernie Ecclestone, created the business model that has seen this sport become a global business...
Client Centricity
A Formula One™ team has to be a customer-focused business like any other, winning, sustaining and growing customer relationships in order to develop a profitable business able to invest in its future.
Client centricity is critical, for when multinational companies and brands support an F1 team in its endeavours, the necessity to provide a 24 x 7 service, 52 weeks of the year means that the 20 Grands Prix events become the tip of the iceberg. To the uninitiated, the...
Motivation
How do you motivate people to go that extra mile, to do whatever is necessary to get the job done, often in the face of adversity whether it be a seemingly impossible deadline, limited resources or against formidable opposition?
Naturally the work of a Formula One™ team must in itself seem 'motivating' because team personnel are involved in a sexy, global sport with the eyes of the world upon it - a magnet for the rich, the famous and the...
Innovation
We live in a time of relentless technological development. Innovation is essential for any business to flourish, whether through innovations in the products or services offered to customers, step changes in the technologies and processes used by the company, or empowering staff to use their creativity in the quest for greater efficiencies and performance.
Technical innovation lies at the heart of Formula One™ as the teams seek improvements to vehicle and team...
Change Management
Change is always with us, and in the business of Formula One™ the teams forever have to manage change whether as a result of external or internal forces.
The sport is closely regulated by its governing body, the FIA, and each year new rules and regulations are agreed and applied to the teams, necessitating changes to the F1 cars, the processes involved in competing or the technologies employed.
For 2014, for example, the FIA has introduced a step change in powertrain...
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Marriott Hotels International Ltd
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J.D., VICE PRESIDENT GLOBAL SALES, Marriott Hotels International Ltd
Mark's presentation was tailored to fit our business and conference theme, the delivery was professional, highly motivating and extremely interesting for our large international audience. Mark received excellent feedback from all delegates.
HEINEKEN Ireland
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B., MANAGING DIRECTOR, HEINEKEN Ireland
Mark brought the glitz of Formula 1™ racing right back to the basics of business and the fundamental role powerful teamwork, at all levels, plays in an enterprise's success. A compelling, insightful and inspiring story for all personnel in any organisation!
Airbus
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T., GENERAL MANAGER AND HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, Airbus
Having heard him speak at an EADS Engagement Forum in Paris I asked Mark to speak at our Leadership Conference for Airbus in the UK. He was able to combine his experiences of F1, leadership and engagement in a humorous and enlightening way that really connected with the audience.
Deutsche Post
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M., ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Deutsche Post
Mark Gallagher was really an inspiration. He is a fantastic speaker with great examples from F1 which also offered additional value for our work. It was just 'spot-on and motivating
UK Sport
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U.S., UK Sport
Your presentation on the Power of Change was both stimulating and entertaining… your passion for the subject matter was infectious!
British Airways
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B.A., British Airways
Thank you for your wonderful presentation. Your insights on the team work and motivation were truly exceptional
The Specialist Company
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T.S.C., The Specialist Company
I have never heard or enjoyed a better speech and I've never seen a BT audience applaud a speaker like that before. Your ability to convey the excitement of F1 combined with all the difficulties and frustrations we all face, was masterful.
