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Mojtaba Akbari

Executive Director at Grouper

Ireland

Overview 

Mojtaba Akbari is the Chief Executive at Grouper®, with a diverse background as a CTO, CIO, and CISO in both private and public sectors. Noteworthy highlights include being a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and an early-stage tech investor, specializing in Enterprise Applications, SaaS, and FinTech sectors. With a strong educational background from Henley Business School and Technological University Dublin, Mojtaba has held significant advisory roles at companies like Accenture, EY, and Aer Lingus, contributing to digital transformation, governance, risk, and compliance programs.

Work Experience 

  • Executive Director

    2016 - Current

    Founded Grouper as an independent advisory firm to CTO's, CIOs, CISOs and DPOs with the passion to creating innovative management systems, tools and technologies. Grouper helps organisations empower the quality assurance of their GRC portfolio. Today, Grouper offers two primary pillars of two primary pillars of “Technology Assurance Services” and "Specialised Application Solutions”.

  • Advisory

    2021 - 2023

    Provided change advisory on a number of projects including a government utility vendor and one of government's high priority projects which had a significant impact on 25% of the Irish population.

Accenture Ventures is a venture capital firm arm of Accenture, delivers innovative solutions with strategic partnerships and investments.

  • Advisory

    2021 - 2021

    Contributed in helping some of EY’s clients make intelligent and informed decisions on their GRC portfolios.

Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.

  • Advisory - Digital & Mobile Transformation - Governance, Risk & Compliance Programmes

    2018 - 2020

    CIO/ CISO/ DPO Advisory

  • Advisory - IT services / IT Solutions SAFe Programmes

    2017 - 2018

  • Advisory - Governance, Risk, Compliance Programmes

    2017 - 2017

  • CIO Advisory - Confidential

    2016 - 2017

  • CIO - Assistant Principal Officer

    2016 - 2016

  • CIO Advisory - Data Centre and Compute solutions

    2015 - 2016

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