KBC Group NV (OTCPK:KBCSY) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call November 7, 2024 1:00 AM ET
Company Participants
Kurt De Baenst – General Manager, Investor RelationsJohan Thijs – Chief Executive OfficerBartel Puelinckx – Group Chief Financial Officer
Conference Call Participants
Giulia Miotto – Morgan StanleyFarquhar Murray – AutonomousBenoit Petrarque – Kepler CheuvreuxTarik El Mejjad – Bank of AmericaKiri Vijayarajah – HSBCSharath Kumar – Deutsche BankChris Hallam – Goldman Sachs InternationalAnke Reingen – RBCJohan Ekblom – UBS
Operator
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the conference call of KBC Group. At this time all participants are in listen-only mode. I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Kurt De Baenst, Investor Relations, General Manager. Mr. De Baenst, over to you.
Kurt DeBaenst
Thank you, operator. A very good morning to all of you from the headquarters of KBC in Brussels, and welcome to the KBC conference call. Today is Thursday, November 7, 2024, and we are hosting the conference call on the third quarter results of KBC.
As usual, we have Johan Thijs, Group CEO with us; as well as Group CFO, Bartel Puelinckx, and they will both elaborate on the results and add some additional insight. As such, it’s my pleasure to give the floor to our CEO, Johan Thijs, who will quickly run you through the presentation.
Johan Thijs
Thank you very much, Kurt. And also from my side, a warm welcome on the announcement of the third quarter results 2024. We will do that as usual via the slides which are at your disposal.
Starting with the highlights. Well, we posted an excellent result of €868 million, which is indeed, once again, an expression of the commercial machine firing on all its cylinders. All countries have contributed very well. And also
