Imperial Brands PLC (IMB) Q2 2021 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:04.436 Welcome and thank you for joining our interim results presentation. 00:00:04.436 -- 00:00:09.462 I'm joined today by Oliver Tant, our Chief Financial Officer, and Peter Derman, 00:00:09.462 -- 00:00:12.126 our Investor Relations Director. 00:00:12.126 -- 00:00:17.973 Lucas Paravicini, our incoming Chief Financial Officer, is also with us. 00:00:17.973 -- 00:00:21.898 Lucas joined Imperial and the Board on the 1st of May. 00:00:21.898 -- 00:00:27.104 He will be formally appointed CFO tomorrow and will work with Oliver to ensure 00:00:27.104 -- 00:00:30.119 a smooth and orderly handover. 00:00:30.119 -- 00:00:36.649 Before getting into the results, let me hand over to Lukas for a few brief words. 00:00:36.649 -- 00:00:39.474 Thank you, Stefan, and good morning, everyone. 00:00:39.474 -- 00:00:44.342 I'm delighted to be able to join the team this morning and to have this opportunity to 00:00:44.342 -- 00:00:46.305 introduce myself. 00:00:46.305 -- 00:00:51.433 Perhaps a little bit of my background. I've spent 20 years in the consumer 00:00:51.433 -- 00:00:56.621 goods industry, working in a range of senior finance and operational roles in large 00:00:56.621 -- 00:00:58.925 international companies. 00:00:58.925 -- 00:01:04.331 I was at Nestle for 22 years and worked across a range of parts of the business 00:01:04.331 -- 00:01:08.375 in Switzerland and in several Latin American markets. 00:01:08.375 -- 00:01:13.400 I also spent six years at Fonterra, the world's largest dairy cooperative, 00:01:13.400 -- 00:01:19.106 and responsible for some well-known leading dairy brands, joining first as a CFO 00:01:19.106 -- 00:01:25.933 and then becoming chief operating officer of its global consumer and food service business. 00:01:25.933 -- 00:0...