Givaudan S.A. (0QPS) Q4 2024 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Givaudan 2024 Full Year Results Conference Call and Live Webcast. I'm Sandra, the Chorus Call Operator. I would like to remind you that all participants have been listen-only mode and the conference has been recorded. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. You can register for questions at any time by pressing star and 1 on your telephone. For operator assistance, please press star and 0. The conference must not be recorded for publication or broadcast. At this time, it's my pleasure to hand over to Gilles Lambrier, CEO. Please go ahead, sir. Thank you. Dear ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our 2024 full year and results conference call. Stuart Harris, our CFO, will be with me on this call today, and we will take you through the presentation before answering your questions at the end. All relevant documents related to the 2024 full year results, including the slides we are presenting just now, have been published this morning and are available in the results centers on our website. So I'm very pleased to present to you an outstanding set of results, looking at the two ends of our P&L. a very strong top-line growth, and another record free cash flow for 2024. But before moving into the numbers, let me first talk about the change in the Executive Committee, which has been announced this morning. Antoine Khalil, currently Commercial Head of Taste Well-Being in North America, has been appointed as President of the Taste and Well-Being Division, effective 1st of April 2020. He succeeds Louis D'Amico, who will retire. And to ensure a smooth transition, Louis will remain available until the end of September 2025 to provide management advice and support on strategic projects. With Antoine Khalil, we have another homegrown tal...