WPP plc (WPP) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning everyone and thank you for joining WPP 2026 Interim Results Call. My name is Desmond and I'll be coordinating your call today. During the presentation, you can register questions by pressing star followed by 11 on your telephone keypad. If you change your mind, please press star followed by 11 again on your telephone keypad. For those on the webcast, you can also ask questions via the dedicated Q&A box. i'll now hand over to thomas singlehurst to begin please go ahead thank you desmond good morning and welcome to wpp's 2026 interim results i'm tom singlehurst head of investor relations and i'm joined today by cindy rose ceo and joanne wilson cfo before we get started please take a moment to review the important cautionary statement on slide two let me also quickly take you through our agenda We'll start with an overview of key messages as well as an update on strategic progress from Cindy. Joanne will then review the H1 numbers in more detail. We will then open up the lines for Q&A. And with that, I'll hand over the call to Cindy. Good morning, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us today. When we reported our 2025 full-year results back in February, I laid out in detail our Elevate28 strategy. I made a commitment that we would be transparent about our progress along the way, forthcoming with lead indicators of our momentum and disciplined in how we measure success. Today, I'll share an update on where we are against the plan and why I'm encouraged by the steady improvements we're delivering across the company. Then I'll hand over to Joanne, who will take you through the financial detail. Before I start, I'd like to pay a personal tribute to Paul Richardson, who recently passed away. Paul served as WPP's group finance director for 22 years until he r...