Mark Gallagher currently runs Cosworth's Formula 1 Business Unit. He represents Cosworth at the track and is fully responsible for coordination of Cosworth’s relationship with all its customers.
Mark Gallagher has a wealth of experience in the world of professional motorsport gained during 26 years working in Formula One, WRC and A1GP. Formerly with Jordan Grand Prix and Jaguar Racing between 1995 and 2005, Mark Gallagher joined Cosworth from Status Grand Prix Ltd, the team he co-founded in 2005 and guided to victory for Ireland in the 2008/09 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport.
Mark Gallagher is principally known for his nine years working as marketing chief at Jordan Grand Prix, later heading sponsorship for Jaguar/Red Bull Racing in 2004/05.
Mark Gallagher was also Managing Director and Team Principal of A1 Team Ireland which competed in the A1 Grand Prix series. Under Mark's leadership, the Irish A1 Team won the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport in 2009
A Formula One journalist and broadcaster in the 1980s, Mark Gallagher was Grand Prix correspondent for publications including the Sunday Express in London prior to becoming a media relations consultant to major sponsors including Marlboro and Canon. In 1990 he began working with Eddie Jordan, announcing the creation of the Jordan Formula One team, and although he then worked briefly in the World Rally Championship with Ford and Subaru, it was to Jordan that he returned, becoming head of marketing and joining the management board during the team’s most successful years. At Jordan, once famously described by TV broadcaster Murray Walker as ‘the most motivated team in Formula One’, Mark Gallagher was referred to in the media as ‘head of making things happen’.
Working directly with the sports top drivers Mark Gallagher has gained a unique insight into what it takes to be a winner in the high pressure world of Formula One. Team work, leadership and motivation are key among the qualities needed to succeed in this most demanding of sports, while Mark has much to share on the operational issues affecting Formula One teams, from change management through to supply chain management and quality control.
With a relaxed, anecdotal and humorous style, Mark Gallagher gives businesses and organisations a rare insight into what it takes to build winning teams and compete for success at world level.