The ultimate trade-off? Balancing trust, risk, and growth in 2026

Which trade-offs are actually worth making for modern business resilience?

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As organisations accelerate AI adoption, expand cloud estates, and increase their dependence on data-driven operations, resilience is becoming a strategic differentiator rather than a defensive capability.

Resilience, however, comes with choices. Greater assurance may mean higher cost; stronger controls may reduce agility; more testing may compete with innovation priorities. For technology and security leaders, the challenge has become far more nuanced: resilience matters, but which trade-offs are justified to achieve it? 

This C-suite Food for Thought brings together CIOs, CISOs, and senior leaders to explore the difficult decisions shaping modern resilience strategies, and what separates organisations that view resilience as a cost centre from those that treat it as a competitive advantage.

Event details

📍 Location: Fortnum & Mason

🗓 Date: 15th September 2026

🕛 Time: 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM 

👥 The Host: Peter Stojanovic, Editor, HotTopics

🎤 Speaker: Paul Szelesi, Solutions Architecture Leader for EMEA, Veeam Software

Meet the speaker

Paul Szelesi serves as Solutions Architecture Leader for EMEA at Veeam Software, where he drives innovation and strategic vision across the region. With extensive experience in data management, virtualization, and IT transformation, Paul leads a team dedicated to helping organizations safeguard and optimize their critical data assets. He partners closely with CIOs and technology leaders to deliver tailored, forward-thinking solutions that address complex business challenges, positioning Veeam as a trusted advisor in the ever-evolving digital landscape.

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