Honorary Professor of Practice, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering @ (March 2026 - Present)
Visiting Professor @ (February 2020 - Present)
Visiting Professor @ (September 2011 - Present)
Professor of Vehicle Engineering and Director of Surrey's Advanced Vehicle Analysis Group @ (January 2011 - September 2011)
Director @ (July 2017 - September 2026)
Interim Chief Executive Officer @ (August 2025 - February 2026)
Associate Vice President @ (December 2023 - May 2025)
Director - Reefscape Restoration Initiative and Special Projects at KAUST @ (July 2023 - December 2023)
Director - Special Projects @ (May 2023 - July 2023)
Head of R and D @ (April 2022 - April 2023)
Interim Belfast Digital Innovation Commissioner @ (September 2021 - December 2021)
Board Member @ (June 2021 - December 2021)
Chief Operations Officer and Belfast Maritime Consortium SIP Programme Director @ (October 2020 - September 2021)
Chief Technology Officer @ (January 2020 - October 2020)
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer @ Wavepower (October 2016 - June 2017)
Director - Advanced Technology Group @ (July 2013 - October 2016)
Director @ Gillan Consulting Ltd (January 2010 - June 2013)
Chief Operations Engineer @ (September 2011 - December 2012)
Head of Aerodynamics @ (January 2007 - December 2009)
Sir George Edwards Chair in Aerospace Engineering @ (January 2005 - January 2006)
Head of Vehicle Performance and Chief Race Engineer (Jaguar and RBR) @ (January 2002 - January 2005)
Principal Operational Aerodynamicist @ (January 1998 - January 2002)
Lecturer and Advisor of Studies ( Aeronautical Engineering) @ (January 1995 - January 1998)
Research Thermodynamicist @ (January 1993 - January 1995)
Mark Gillan Education
Queen's University Belfast
PhD (Aeronautical Engineering)
1990-1993
Queen's University Belfast
First Class BEng (Aeronautical Engineering)
1986-1990
Queen's University Belfast
DSc (honoris causa) (Engineering, June 2026)
2026
Mark Gillan Skills
Aerodynamics
Aerospace
Aerospace Engineering
Auto Racing
Automotive
Automotive Engineering
Business Development
CFD
Competitive Analysis
Composites
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Creativity and Innovation
Customer Engagement
Divisional Management
Engineering
Finite Element Analysis
Fluid Dynamics
Innovation Management
Marketing Strategy
Mechanical Engineering
Motorsports
New Business Development
Pro Engineer
Project Delivery
Project Governance
Project Management
Simulations
Simulink
Strategy
Systems Engineering
Vehicle Dynamics
Vehicles
Wind Tunnel Testing
collaborate
Higher Education
Integration
Marketing
Research
Business Strategy
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Mark Gillan Summary
Mark Gillan, based in Belfast, GB, is currently a Chief Strategy Officer at Halō AI. Mark Gillan brings experience from previous roles at Queen's University Belfast, Ulster University and University of Surrey. Mark Gillan holds a 1990 - 1993 PhD in Aeronautical Engineering @ Queen's University Belfast. With a robust skill set that includes Aerodynamics, Aerospace, Aerospace Engineering, Auto Racing, Automotive and more. Mark Gillan has 3 emails and 2 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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