Gary Foote

Chief Information Officer at MoneyGram Haas F1 Team since 2016, Gary has overall responsibility for all Technology systems, digital platforms, services, teams and staff for the team’s global operations, across multiple sites in the UK, US, Italy and trackside.

Gary is part of the Senior Leadership Team, reporting into the Team Principal. He is also the Chair and member of several business & operational committees responsible for strategy, operations, risk and governance.

Gary began his career in 2005 as a Trackside Systems Support Engineer at Cosworth Technology. He then joined Honda Racing F1 for a brief period in 2008 as a Trackside IT Engineer before joining Brawn GP Formula One Team as a Senior Technical Systems Engineer. He played a key role in helping Brawn GP win the FIA Formula One World Championship in 2009.

Gary then continued his career at Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited, where he held various IT-related positions, during which time, Mercedes achieved back-to-back FIA Formula One World Championships in 2015 and 2016.

Gary holds a number of positions outside his role at Haas F1, including a member of the board of trustees of SSNAP, a charity that offers support services to sick and premature babies and their parents around Oxfordshire. He is also a trustee at Tove Learning Trust, a multi Academy Education Trust.

A Fellow of the British Computing Society, Gary has been recognised as one of the top 100 CIO’s in the UK for three years running.