“Downtime isn’t just about the immediate loss of revenue. It’s also about the long-term damage to shareholder value, brand reputation, and customer trust.”
– Forbes, 2024
Business executives face a challenging paradox. On one hand is a desire to know the hidden costs and risks that lie buried within your business. And on the other hand is the time and resources needed to quantify them in the first place. However difficult to achieve, this is the gateway to understanding the true impact of these hidden issues, and the key to unlocking additional spend by your board.
The cost of downtime is a good example. The impact of downtime is typically measured at the point of occurrence yet these outages can have long-term ramifications on share price, reputation and lost productivity [Forbes, 2024]. These hidden costs are difficult to quantify and project. But they are real, and your board understand this.
At the next Change Makers dinner, we’re opening the book on the consequences of a major outage by interviewing someone involved in post-incident external communications and PR. It’s an interesting perspective that will help do the impossible, and cast a light on the hidden costs and risks within your business.
THOUGHT LEADERS
Robin Khullar
Group Vice President, EMEA North Region at SPLUNK
Robin Khullar is Group Vice President, EMEA North at Splunk, where he is responsible for the Splunk business across the Benelux and Nordics, and focuses on supporting customers along their digital resilience journey. He is passionate about building effective teams that drive growth and market share. Robin previously held a number of leadership roles at Dell EMC, including Sweden as Country Manager.
Petra Jenner
Senior Vice President & General Manager, EMEA at SPLUNK
Prior to Splunk, Petra Jenner spent six years at Salesforce across a variety of roles in EMEA, most recently as General Manager, Senior Vice President responsible for Eastern Europe and Switzerland. Based in Munich and with more than 25 years in the technology industry, she has also held leadership roles with Microsoft, Checkpoint and Pivotal. Petra holds a Masters Degree in Business and IT, and studied International Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in Singapore.
Anders Stinger
Area Vice President Nordics at SPLUNK
Anders serves as Splunk’s Area Vice President for the Nordics, overseeing regional operations and driving growth initiatives. With a wealth of experience in leadership roles within the technology sector, Anders is known for his strategic vision and ability to cultivate strong partnerships. He brings a deep understanding of market dynamics and a track record of delivering impactful solutions to clients. Anders is committed to empowering organizations in the Nordics to harness change and improvement whilst utilising the power of data for transformative outcomes.
THE VENUE
Asian Post Office
Regeringsgatan 66, 111 39 Stockholm, Sweden
Asian Post Office is located in the heart of Stockholm, offering a vibrant and stylish setting that blends modern design with subtle Asian influences. The venue exudes a lively atmosphere, perfect for social gatherings and intimate events. Its central location makes it easily accessible, surrounded by the city’s bustling streets.
Reminiscent of the Supper Family’s journey across Asia, the restaurant specializes in Asian fusion cuisine, with a menu that features bold and creative dishes inspired by flavours from their travels. Together with guests, the restaurant wants us to discover, explore and test ourselves in the pursuit of new experiences and delicious tastes. Guests at Asian Post Office can expect a dynamic and immersive experience, featuring bold Asian fusion cuisine and vibrant cocktails in a stylish venue that’s perfect for important roundtable discussions.
ATTENDEES
Senior decision makers and other top-executives with a focus on technology, IT, finance and information security, working within some of the largest organisations in Sweden. This discussion will be valuable to you if you’re looking to better understand how to uncover the hidden costs of downtime.
Attendance is capped to ensure every participant is able to contribute. The meeting is only open to invited participants or those who have been referred by a colleague or our partner, Splunk.
OUR CLUB PARTNER
A special thank you to Splunk for their continued support of the Change Makers Club. Splunk was founded in 2003 to solve problems in complex digital infrastructures. From the beginning, we’ve helped organisations explore the vast depths of their data like spelunkers in a cave (hence, “Splunk”). Splunk has evolved a lot in the last 20 years as digital has taken centre stage and the types and number of disruptions have simultaneously escalated. With over 1,100 patents and a culture of innovation, we’ve stayed one step ahead of our customers’ needs. Today, many of the world’s largest and most complex organisations, such as IKEA, ANB AMRO, Heineken, ING and Dutch Court System, rely on Splunk to keep their mission-critical systems secure and reliable.
THE EXPERIENCE
All of our roundtables are focused, collaborative and informative. Thanks to a chaired and moderated discussion you will: gain insights and ideas from thought leaders in different industries, benchmark your own plans within a collaborative and confidential environment and network with an exclusive group of senior executives in similar size organisations to you.
The Team
James Harris
Founder
William Russell
Club Director
George Whittington
Club Director
Elle Brasier
Head of Operations
OUR SUSTAINABILITY PLEDGE
We’re committed to supporting our society and environment. When you attend a Change Makers Club event, we pledge to neutralise your carbon footprint. To offset your travel or energy usage we will plant a tree via One Tree Planted. Once mature, the average tree has a net absorption of 30 kg of CO2 per year, which equates to 227 miles of travel by car or 96 hours of office usage. You can see our maths here.
Learn more here: https://onetreeplanted.org/
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George Whittington
Club Director, Change Makers Club