Jason Ozin

Part of the IT Leaders 100 - a list of the most influential IT leaders in the UK in 2025.

Jason is responsible at Group level for the information security, cybersecurity, data governance, M&A due diligence and data protection compliance for a dynamic, growing international insurance advisory business launched in 2014. PIB have grown rapidly through acquisitions and organic growth in the UK, Guernsey, Jersey, Germany, India, Poland, Spain, France, Holland, Italy, India, Denmark, Romania, France and Ireland, completing over 140 acquisitions with many more in the pipeline.

Jason joined the Group in January 2018 and was tasked with building an information security and data protection function from the ground up.

He always says, "If you don't like change, don't work for PIB."

What's the most exciting part of your current role?

As a highly acquisitive enterprise, constant integration and change means that no two days are the same.

What do you consider your greatest IT achievement of the last 12 months?

Development of an International Information Security Framework aligned to DORA requirements for our newly acquired European entities.

What's the biggest challenge facing IT leaders today, and how are you tackling it?

Shadow IT remains an issue. With the proliferation of SaaS and AI start-ups and services, it is now easier than ever for a non-technical team to adopt a cloud platform at low to zero cost and do so outside of governance and due diligence, and not realise that they are jeopardising commercially sensitive or personal data.

What piece of technology could you not live without, and why?

CrowdStrike - our one certainty in an uncertain and unsafe world

What excites you most about the future of IT?

On a plus side, artificial intelligence is already starting to produce some significant productivity gains. On a minus side artificial intelligence is being used as a shield to mask lack of capabilities.

What’s the strangest job you’ve ever had?

Planning and project managing a metropolitan eruv (look it up).

If you could instantly master one new skill, what would it be?

The ability to pick up and learn other languages.