Associate Director - Cyber M&A - Private Equity Focus

Can you bring deep cyber technical knowledge with the ability to understand and articulate cyber security risks and trends, including the common threat vectors that are impacting financial sponsors? Do you have client-facing skills where you can articulate technical findings and potential financial impact to private equity investors across the lifecycle of M&A? If so, then we would love to hear from you in connection with these excellent new opportunities based within Aon’s multifaceted M&A and Transaction Solutions (AMATS) practice, situated within our flagship London office.

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. As an organisation, we are united through trust as one inclusive team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

• Lead and deliver cyber due diligence, post-deal reviews, remediation programmes and cyber risk assessments across a range of M&A transactions.
• Partner with high-performing Cyber Solutions specialists across London and EMEA to provide best-in-class 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 wider transaction‑related activities.
• Present cyber risk insights and recommendations to private equity sponsors, portfolio companies and corporate clients, while helping enhance and scale our delivery model.

This is an opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing and most innovative teams within Aon Transaction Advisory. Working at the heart of high-profile M&A activity, you'll advise clients on complex cyber, technology and digital risks throughout the transaction lifecycle, from pre-deal due diligence to post-close integration. As Cyber M&A continues to be a major growth driver, this is a unique opportunity for a high-reaching Associate Director to play a key role in shaping the next phase of the team’s expansion while working alongside market‑leading specialists across cyber, risk, insurance, climate and human capital disciplines.

We do not expect any one candidate to bring every domain below. We are looking for genuine depth in one or more areas, with the curiosity and commercial instinct to work across the rest.

• Strong understanding of core cyber security domains including IAM, data security, incident response, vulnerability management, network security, business continuity and monitoring.
• Experience assessing and evidencing controls against recognised frameworks such as NIST CSF, CIS Controls, ISO 27001, OWASP SAMM, NIST AI RMF and related standards.
• Ability to prioritise findings based on 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 environments, or SDLC/Dev Sec Ops  security.
• Knowledge of key regulatory and governance requirements including GDPR, NIS2, DORA, FCA/PRA expectations, Operational Resilience, EU Cyber Resilience Act and EU AI Act.
• Ability to translate technical cyber risks into commercial, financial and investment implications for clients and collaborators.
• Experience working in M&A, private equity, transaction advisory, portfolio company or corporate deal environments.
• Proven capability to develop and deliver client proposals, presentations and business development activities.
• Experience supporting multiple…