Mark Crittenden

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Engagement Model Offered

Day Rate; Technical / Advisory; Project based; Interim / Contract;

Suited to Organisational Types

Start-ups; Scale-ups; SME; Corporate

Mark is a CEO, engineering leader and business development specialist with over 30 years of experience across battery technology, programme delivery and organisational leadership. He has held senior roles at OBD, Faradion, WAE / Fortescue Zero and OXIS Energy.

He supports organisations in solving complex engineering and commercial challenges, providing decisive leadership to build teams, define strategy and successfully deliver critical programmes in fast-moving technical environments.

Mark’s Arena

• Battery Technology & Engineering Leadership

• Technical Focus: Programme Delivery, Commercial Strategy & Product Development

• Function Expertise: Organisational Growth, Business Development & Technical Leadership

Superpowers

• Leads teams through complex technical, commercial and organisational challenges.

• Builds high-performance engineering organisations with strong culture and direction.

• Combines analytical thinking with industrial, commercial and academic experience.

• Identifies the fastest and most viable path through technical and organisational complexity.

Impact in Action

• Built engineering divisions from the ground up across multiple companies, delivering products to international customers.

• Co-founded OBD, growing it into a trusted engineering company specialising in battery development.

• Developed strategy for a university battery spin-out, supporting its transition into an investable deep-tech venture.

• Managed programmes and teams with budgets of up to £5m and 25+ personnel.

Working style

• Pragmatic, strategic and decisive.

• Brings clarity, leadership and momentum to technically demanding environments.