Givaudan S.A. (0QPS) Q2 2024 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:01.938 -- 00:00:07.023 Dear ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our 2024 half-year results conference 00:00:07.023 -- 00:00:12.148 call. The company news on our half-year results have been published earlier this morning 00:00:12.148 -- 00:00:17.674 on our website, where you will also find the slides for today's presentation and 00:00:17.674 -- 00:00:22.679 the half-year report. Tom Hallam and myself will take you through the presentation 00:00:22.679 -- 00:00:26.423 before we answer your questions at the end. 00:00:26.423 -- 00:00:31.568 Now, I'd like to start the presentation with a highlight and invite you to turn to page 00:00:31.568 -- 00:00:33.568 three. 00:00:33.595 -- 00:00:38.825 And so before moving to any numbers, first thing first, and let me start 00:00:38.825 -- 00:00:44.174 with the last bullet first. As you've seen the announcement this morning, Tom Hallam 00:00:44.174 -- 00:00:49.685 has decided to retire and will hand over the CFO position to Stuart Harris, 00:00:49.685 -- 00:00:53.525 effective August 1st, 2024. 00:00:53.525 -- 00:00:58.611 Along with my EC colleagues, I have very much enjoyed the great partnership with Tom 00:00:58.611 -- 00:01:04.857 as CFO over the last eight years, driving our industry-leading financial performance. 00:01:04.857 -- 00:01:10.503 Many of you on this call know Tom and can testify the great CFO 00:01:10.503 -- 00:01:13.066 he has been for Givaudan. 00:01:13.066 -- 00:01:17.751 I'm very confident it will continue with Stuart, who has grown in Givaudan over the last 00:01:17.751 -- 00:01:22.861 15 years in many functions of our finance organization, and over 00:01:22.861 -- 00:01:28.028 the more recent past, driving the numerous acquisitions we made to their 00:01:28.028 -- 00:01:33.176 successful completion...