Mojtaba Akbari

Mojtaba (AKA Moji) has 14 years’ experience in strategic leadership and ICT operation assurance framework development. He is CEO and co-founder of Grouper Technology, and has been advisor to boards of directors and executive teams within multiple industries including Telecom, Hospitality, Engineering, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Consumer Business, Retail, and Government.

Mojtaba’s previous positions include Advisor to the Department of Expenditure and Reform, Actavo Group, British Telecom, CIÉ and IarnródÉireann. He has served in number of leadership positions including interim CIO to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CIO to Cork based Ragatha Consulting, CTO to SEPAM Group, and, Head of IT to Smurfit’s 2006 Ryder Cup Venue, The K Club Resort where he enhanced profitability & considerable savings.

He holds an MSc in IT Strategy Management from the Dublin Institute of Technology, and is a Certified Lead Auditor for ISO27001 as well as a Certified Data Protection Officer.

As an entrepreneurial executive, Mojtaba is also the co-founder of a number of start-ups including Public Cloud which carried out comprehensive research studies in the HPC domain for governments and private sector SMEs.

Presentation Title:
Driving successful Governance, Risk, Compliance and Information Security programmes
Synopsis of Talk:
With the rising appetite for better internal control within organisations, and continued changes to industry compliance requirements, the role of senior executives and leadership teams is paramount to the success ofGovernance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) disciplines.
Mojtaba will be sharing insight on how the increase in disruptive business transformation technologies and changes to Legal, Regulatory and Contractual Requirements, is impacting the role of all stakeholders including employees of the organisations. He will also share best practice approaches for successful implementation of legal, regulatory, compliance and quality assurance programmes such as ISO 27001, ISO 20000 and GDPR implementations.