Smiths Group Plc (SMGKF) Q4 2024 Earnings Call

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Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. As I said in March, it is an honour to be CEO of Smiths. This is a great company doing many outstanding things. As you'll see, the business is in a strong position, delivering good results. I'll start with some initial thoughts and a short recap of our FY 2024 performance before turning it over to Claire to walk us through the numbers. I'll then come back and update you on how I view our strategy and outlook. And we'll have plenty of time at the end for Q&A. As many of you know, I've been at Smith's for well over 30 years. And during that time, I've had the privilege to run several of our businesses. This has given me a deep appreciation of the group's impressive attributes that have seasoned over time. Smith's is a portfolio of market-leading businesses and has many strengths. talented people, many of them with world-class engineering expertise, differentiated proprietary technology, and strong brands. We're well positioned in attractive markets that offer significant opportunity for profitable growth, and we're helping our customers to make the world safer, more energy efficient and productive, and better connected. a great foundation, and I firmly believe that we are well placed to create more value in the future. We have diverse and immense talent in the company, and we're committed to nurturing, supporting and developing this most precious of resources. I've always and continue to see my role as creating value for shareholders, customers and colleagues. And indeed, I have benefited from my experience across different businesses and regions, developing and sharing best practice. I intend to ensure that more of our people have similar development opportunities. In addition, our commitment to safety, engag...