Les Gill

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Costa Rica

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Engagement Model Offered

Day Rate; Technical / Advisory; Project Based; Interim / Contract; Full time Transition

Suited to Organisational Types

Start-ups; Scale-ups; SME; Corporate

Les is a senior business and operations leader with over 40 years of experience across battery technology, energy storage, mobility and advanced manufacturing. His career spans COO, SME programme leadership and executive business mentoring roles, supporting organisations from early-stage technology ventures through to major automotive and manufacturing businesses.

He specialises in turning promising technology into scalable businesses, bringing together manufacturing strategy, commercial thinking and IP to create a credible route from innovation to market. He works with founders, leaders and organisations where technology, manufacturing and commercial reality need to come together.

Les’ Arena

  • Battery Technology, Energy Storage & Mobility.

  • Technical Focus: Manufacturing Strategy, Digital Twins, IP & Growth Strategy, Technology Scale-Up.

  • Function Expertise: Business Strategy, Commercialisation, Executive Mentoring, Innovation Programmes.

Superpowers

  • Turns complex technology into scalable, commercially viable businesses.

  • Translates technical advantage into customer value and clear commercial strategy.

  • Industrialises innovation, connecting manufacturing strategy with the journey from TRL2 to MRL9.

  • Challenges assumptions and creates clarity for founders, leaders and boards.

Impact in Action

  • Scaled disruptive battery-component technology to international commercial scale as COO of Global Nano Network

  • Led a 185-person organisation within a major automotive OEM, combining strategic change with operational delivery

  • Launched and ran a technology incubator at APC, supporting approximately 80–100 businesses

Working style

  • Curious, commercial and collaborative.

  • Challenges purpose and value to create clarity.

  • Combines strategic thinking with practical manufacturing experience.

  • Supports leaders through honest challenge, mentoring and informed decision-making.

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