Mark Gallagher is a leading keynote speaker on Formula 1, high-performance culture and change. A former senior F1 executive, he turns data-rich lessons from the paddock into practical actions that drive results, blending story, insight and humour that resonate with leaders worldwide.
Event hosts choose Mark for straight-talking insight built on three decades inside Formula 1. A renowned public speaker and regular media commentator with Sky Sports, he makes complex operations understandable and useful. He links commercial and operational management with what happens on the pit wall, showing how manufacturing and race strategy convert into safer decisions and stronger results.
Sessions are tight, visual and well-paced, with big data examples that bring the engineering to life. Expect practical tools you can use the same week and stories that keep even non-motorsport audiences engaged. As a motivational speaker, he is easy to brief, tailors to your sector and delivers consistently for organisations worldwide, a winning formula for any agenda.
Mark’s executive management career includes more than a decade on the team’s management board at the Jordan Grand Prix team, the team challenging for honours at World Championship level. Later, Mark joined the Jaguar Racing organisation during its transition to Red Bull Racing, gaining first-hand experience inside world championship operations.
In 2010 he was appointed head of the Cosworth Formula 1 programme, becoming an engine and technology supplier to one third of the grid and shaping how teams integrated associated technologies into operations. He also co-founded Status Grand Prix, competing in GP2, GP3 and international sports cars racing, and remains active with CMS Motor Sport Ltd as Managing Director. Beyond the paddock, Mark works with the world’s leading technology companies and advises organisations world on performance, safety and culture.
A regular media commentator and feature writer, Mark contributes to titles within the global motorsport network and appears with broadcasters such as Sky Sports. Across Mark’s career he has collaborated with drivers including Michael Schumacher and David Coulthard, and his titles as an author include Sunday Times-listed work…
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