F1 engineering veteran to lead Belfast cyber firm into next growth phase

Former Formula 1 chief engineer Mark Gillan has been named CEO of Belfast-based cyber security firm Angoka, bringing deep technical expertise from stints with McLaren, Red Bull and Williams to one of Northern Ireland’s most ambitious smart systems companies.

Gillan’s appointment comes as Angoka ramps up its £1.85m COSMIC initiative—developed with the £98m Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre—to safeguard industrial systems amid growing cyber threats. With global partnerships in autonomous mobility and defence, the firm is positioning itself at the heart of next-gen cyber resilience for critical sectors.

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