Netcare Ltd Unsp/Adr (NWKHY) Q4 2022 Earnings Call

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Good morning, colleagues, and a very warm welcome to Netcare Limited's annual group results presentation for the year ended 30 September 2022. A warm welcome to the Chair of Netcare, Sir Vendry Brewer, members of the Netcare Board, our EXCO, and our senior management teams. At the outset, let me express my very sincere thanks to our management teams and NetCare staff across all of our divisions for their hard work, collective efforts and commitment over the past year. And also our thanks go to our board for their support and guidance. Now, before I begin with our results, I'd like to draw your attention to various changes to our board, which we have announced in today's SENS. Mr. David Neil has indicated his intention to retire as a non-executive director of the company with effect from the conclusion of the upcoming annual general meeting to be held on the 3rd of February next year. I want to personally thank David for his invaluable contribution during his tenure and wish him all of the very best in his future endeavours. I'm also pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Ian Kirk and Ms Louisa Stevens as independent non-executive directors from the 1st of January 2023. Ian Kirk is a qualified chartered accountant with senior leadership and board-level experience in financial services and professional services. He has operated as executive chairperson and non-executive director for listed and non-listed companies for over 25 years, including chairing industry associations. Louisa Stevens is both a chartered director and chartered accountant with over 15 years experience in debt and equity financing and investment management and is also an independent financial trader dealing across industries both locally and abroad. She has served on various boards and board subco...