Associate Director - Cyber M&A - Private Equity Focus

Aon
London
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: CybersecuritySkills: ["Client-facing communication","Commercial instinct","Curiosity","Ability to prioritize","Presentation and proposal development"]

Lead cyber due diligence and post-deal cyber risk work across M&A transactions, delivering assessments, remediation programs, and integration-focused recommendations. Partner with Cyber Solutions teams across London and EMEA to support the cyber M&A sales cycle, including pitches, proposals, onboarding, and relationship development. Translate technical cyber risks into financial and investment implications for private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, and corporate clients throughout the deal lifecycle.

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Associate Director - Cyber M&A - Private Equity Focus

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Job Summary

Lead cyber due diligence and post-deal cyber risk work across M&A transactions, delivering assessments, remediation programs, and integration-focused recommendations. Partner with Cyber Solutions teams across London and EMEA to support the cyber M&A sales cycle, including pitches, proposals, onboarding, and relationship development. Translate technical cyber risks into financial and investment implications for private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, and corporate clients throughout the deal lifecycle.
Location: London
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead and deliver cyber due diligence, post-deal reviews, remediation programs, and cyber risk assessments across M&A transactions.
  • •Partner with Cyber Solutions specialists across London and EMEA to provide advisory services.
  • •Support the full cyber M&A sales cycle, including client pitches, proposals, onboarding, and relationship development.
  • •Advise senior collaborators on cyber strategy for due diligence, integrations, carve-outs, incident response, and related transaction activities.
  • •Present cyber risk insights and recommendations to private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, and corporate clients to enhance and scale delivery.

Key Requirements

  • •Deep understanding of core cyber security domains such as IAM, data security, incident response, vulnerability management, network security, business continuity, and monitoring.
  • •Experience assessing controls against frameworks such as NIST CSF, CIS Controls, ISO 27001, OWASP SAMM, and NIST AI RMF.
  • •Ability to prioritize cyber findings by business impact, exploitability, remediation effort, and financial exposure.
  • •Expertise in one or more specialist areas including AI security, cloud security (Azure, AWS, GCP), network security, OT/ICS, or SDLC/DevSecOps security.
  • •Experience across M&A/private equity/transaction advisory environments and the cyber deal lifecycle (due diligence, post-close reviews, 100-day planning, carve-outs, integrations, exit readiness).
Experience:M&APrivate equityTransaction advisoryCybersecurityPortfolio company deal environments
Skills:Client-facing communicationCommercial instinctCuriosityAbility to prioritizePresentation and proposal development
Languages:En-us
Tech Stack:NIST CSFCIS ControlsISO 27001OWASP SAMMNIST AI RMFGDPRNIS2DORAFCAPRAOperational ResilienceEU Cyber Resilience ActEU AI ActIAMIncident responseVulnerability managementNetwork securityBusiness continuityMonitoringAI security

Company Brief

Aon
Global professional services firm providing risk, retirement, human resources, and insurance brokerage solutions to clients worldwide, including consulting, reinsurance, and data-driven risk management services.
Industry: Insurance
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1982
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