Mark Gallagher
Formula One analyst for the BBC
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.
Mark Gallagher is an expert on a range of business areas relating to experience gained while working in senior management roles within Formula One over the last 30 years. This included more than a decade on the management board of the successful Jordan Grand Prix team, handling commercial affairs for Red Bull Racing and running the world famous Cosworth Formula One engine business. During his career he has worked with many of the sport’s leading drivers, including Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, Jenson Button and David Coulthard.
Gallagher’s career in Formula One started in 1983, spending seven years working in the media before joining Eddie Jordan’s fledgling Grand Prix team in 1990, later 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 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 is now a race winning team in Formula One’s feeder series; GP3 and GP2. He helped develop the new hybrid engine regulations introduced into Formula One in 2014, and is currently co-commentator and F1 Analyst for BBC 5 Live.
He recently published his second book The Business of Winning - Strategic Success from the Formula One track to the Boardroom.
Gallagher’s career in Formula One started in 1983, spending seven years working in the media before joining Eddie Jordan’s fledgling Grand Prix team in 1990, later 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 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 is now a race winning team in Formula One’s feeder series; GP3 and GP2. He helped develop the new hybrid engine regulations introduced into Formula One in 2014, and is currently co-commentator and F1 Analyst for BBC 5 Live.
He recently published his second book The Business of Winning - Strategic Success from the Formula One track to the Boardroom.
Mark Gallagher
