Biography

Mark Gillett is a Managing Director and Head of Value Creation at Silver Lake. Mr. Gillett originally joined Silver Lake in 2009 to lead the value creation efforts of Silver Lake in Europe. He rejoined the firm in his current role in 2013 following a period serving as Chief Development and Chief Operating Officer of Skype Global S.à.r.l, a former Silver Lake portfolio company, and as a Corporate Vice President of Microsoft. Mr. Gillett currently serves on the board of directors of Qualtrics, Relativity, WPEngine, and Zuora. Mr. Gillett recently served as interim Co-CEO of Qualtrics from October 2025 to February 2026. He previously served on the board of directors of Quorum Software and European Directories. Prior to Silver Lake, Mr. Gillett was a Managing Director and Partner leading the High Technology, Telecoms and Private Equity practice at Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”). While at A&M, he served in interim leadership positions and advisory or operating roles including at Lehman Brothers Holdings International, ADT/Tyco (France), Navigon AG, and iSOFT plc. Mr. Gillett holds twelve US and several international patents in the fields of networking, communications and security and is a Member of the British Computer Society, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and Member of the IT Service Management Forum. Mr. Gillett was selected to serve as a director because of his experience in private equity investing and knowledge and understanding of business and corporate strategy.