George Gillespie joined MIRA in January 2009 as CEO and has led the turnaround in MIRA fortunes with 30% growth in the business in the last two years and a growing international presence.
Building on a PhD from Queen’s University, Belfast for research into low emission engines, Dr Gillespie has over 20 years international experience in the automotive and marine product development sectors having been VP Strategic Product Development at HORIBA Europe GmbH and previously held senior roles with Ricardo and Schenck AG. He has worked extensively in the UK, Germany, USA, Japan and China.
Geoff Davis joined MIRA following a 10 year period at Ricardo - the technical, engineering and management consultancy.
He is an experienced automotive engineering consultancy professional with a solid grounding in engineering fundamentals and has up-to-date experience in the latest automotive technologies and trends. He has a portfolio of first hand engineering and commercial experience across various transportation sectors ranging from passenger cars through to the defence industries.
A significant proportion of recent experience has been focused on the delivery of successful business platforms across global markets. In his current role he is working as part of the revised executive team where the focus is on further developing the 65 year old company as they look to position MIRA as a world leading supplier of advanced engineering and test consultancy to the automotive, defence and transport industries through international expansion, commercial and technical focus.