Jacob Mathew is a senior technology and cybersecurity leader with over 28 years of experience in the United Arab Emirates across consulting and government sectors. He spent more than 18 years with a Big 4 consulting firm and currently serves in the government sector, leading large-scale technology and transformation initiatives.

His expertise includes IT centralisation and operations across multiple countries, cybersecurity, IT shared services, cloud transformation, outsourcing and offshoring strategies, virtualisation, disaster recovery, and enterprise infrastructure modernisation.

Jacob holds several globally recognised certifications including CISSP, CGEIT, PMP, ITIL, TOGAF, and Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, along with cloud certifications across Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Oracle Cloud.

He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and leadership forums and has received multiple CIO and CISO awards for his contributions to technology leadership, digital transformation, and cybersecurity excellence.