Temenos AG

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Temenos Q1 2024 Results Conference Call and Live Webcast. I am Sandra, the course call operator. I would like to remind you that all participants have been listened only mode and the conference has been recorded. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. You can register for questions at any time by pressing star and one on your telephone. For operator assistance, please press star and zero. The conference must not be recorded for publication or broadcasting. At this time, it's my pleasure to hand over to Adam Sneed, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir.

Thank you very much, everyone, for joining us today. Before we go through the results materials, I would first like to hand over to our non-executive chairman of the board, Thibaut Duterson, to make some opening remarks regarding this evening's announcements. Over to you, Thibaut.

Thank you, Adam, and thank you all for joining our results call today. I would like to say just a few brief words regarding this evening's announcement. On behalf of the Temenos board, I am delighted to announce that Jean-Pierre Brulard will join Temenos from the 1st of May as our new CEO. Jean-Pierre is a highly experienced executive and a proven leader of large, global, and high-growth organizations, with a world-class track record in leading global sales organizations. He spent the last 14 years at VMware where he was executive vice president worldwide sales and a member of the executive committee. And he successfully oversaw the migration of VMware business model to subscription and SaaS while delivering strong ARR and revenue growth. Jean-Pierre brings to Temenos excellent strategic planning expertise and a strong understanding of the SAS transformation requirements of our clients, having worked with some of the world's largest banks in his previous role. His combination of strategic insight and energy and enthusiasm for working collaboratively with his colleagues to deliver for all his stakeholders across clients, partners, and shareholders will be key to driving Temenos in its next stage of growth. I look forward to him starting formally next week and to you all meeting Jean-Pierre in the near future. I would also like to take this opportunity to warmly thank Andreas for taking the CEO role during the extended search period. His commitment His passion and determination have been absolutely critical in building Temenos into a global leader in banking software. With independent report published last week and the appointment of our new CEO, my fellow board members and I are looking forward to focusing again on the business and supporting our executive team in delivering on Temenos' strong growth potential. I will be on, staying on the call and available to take questions at the end. And with that, I would now like to hand over the call to Andreas to talk you through the quarterly results. Andreas.