Top 25 GCC Heads in India 2026
Jison John
CEO and Managing Director (India) and Chief Delivery Officer (Asia and Africa), Allianz Services

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Jison John is a respected leader in the GCC industry, with a distinguished career spanning over 29 years. He currently serves as CEO and Managing Director of Allianz Services India, while also serving as Chief Delivery Officer for Allianz Services in Asia and Africa.
Jison has played pivotal roles in establishing and expanding IT application development and IT infrastructure services during his tenure at Allianz Technology India. Prior to joining Allianz in 2004, Jison managed the offshore service delivery operations for a Germany based IT consulting firm.
Under Jison’s leadership, Allianz Services India has earned numerous national and international accolades, including “World’s Best GBS in 2024” and “Top 20 Most Admired Shared Services in 2025” from SSON, “Top GBS Employers in India” from Everest Group in 2024 and 2025, the OPEX Team of the Year award from CParity in 2022, and the Grand Stevie Award for Excellence in Customer Service in 2022, 2024, and 2026.
In 2025, AIM Research recognized Jison as one of the “Top 25 GCC Heads in India.” In 2024, he was included among the “Top 25 CEOs/MDs/Founders” in the “Top 100 Great People Managers of India” list by the Great Manager Institute.
A gold medalist in B.Tech. Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Kerala University, Jison holds a specialization in Software Project Management from IIM Kozhikode and Chartered IT Professional (CITP) status from the British Computer Society. He has been recognized as a Fellow of several professional organizations, including the British Computer Society (FBCS), the Chartered Management Institute, UK (FCMI), the Institute of Engineers, India (FIE), and the Institute of Directors, India (FIOD). Since 2022, Jison has been a member of the High Power IT Committee (HPIC), Kerala State.
Jison has been instrumental in fostering an engaging workplace culture at Allianz Services India, earning the company the Great Place to Work® certification for seven consecutive years. His unwavering belief in enabling people to succeed both personally and professionally empowers employees to reach their full potential, which drives continuous improvement, innovation, and delivery excellence across the organization and enables true transformation and customer excellence.
By fostering a culture of inclusion and equal opportunities, he led the organization to be recognized as one of the Champions of Inclusion in the Most Inclusive Companies Index, and its sustainability initiatives earned it a place among the Best Companies for ESG, both awarded by Avtar and Seramount in 2026.
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