RS Group plc (RS1) Q2 2024 Earnings Call

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Thank you for attending this morning and thank you for your continuing interest in the RS Group. And welcome to our interim results presentation for the six-month period ended 30 September 2023, which was my first six months as CEO. For those joining physically, I'd just like to point out the fire exits at the side in the back of the room. There's no scheduled fire alarm today. So if the alarm does sound, please make your way to the fire exit and follow the instructions of the fire marshals. So, I've been CEO at RS for seven months now, and as you can tell from our headline numbers, at one level, it's... Sorry, can you just go back one slide, please? I don't want to save all the really exciting stuff. As you can tell from our headline numbers that we'll talk about in a minute, it's been relatively challenging. But what you won't be able to see in the numbers, but what you'll hopefully pick up throughout this presentation today, is that it's been a dynamic and very exciting six months for me personally. And what I'd hoped I'd find when I started to look under the RS hood, which was good people and a great growth opportunity to deliver excellent outcomes for all stakeholders, is exactly what I've found. And notwithstanding that, the challenging short-term markets that we're experiencing at the moment is actually a great time to be at our rest. I'm joined today by Jane Tichner, who's been our excellent interim CFO since the end of April and who'll continue to support our new CFO until the end of this year before moving back into a permanent role in the group. And I'd just like to take this opportunity today Jane, to thank you on behalf of all of our stakeholders for the excellent work that you've done stepping in and up to the role at short notice and for your continuin...