BNTGF - Brenntag SE (BNTGF) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
2025-03-12 13:20:20 ET
Brenntag SE (BNTGF)
Q4 2024 Results Conference Call
March 12, 2025 09:00 AM ET
Company Participants
Thomas Altmann - Senior Vice President, Corporate Investor Relations
Dr. Christian Kohlpaintner - Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Kristin Neumann - Chief Financial Officer
Thomas Reisten - Incoming CFO
Conference Call Participants
Carl Raynsford - Berenberg
Suhasini Varanasi - Goldman Sachs
Alex Stewart - Barclays
Dominic Edridge - Deutsche Bank
Chetan Udeshi - JPMorgan
Nicole Manion - UBS
Christian Obst - Baader Bank
Presentation
Operator
I am Sergen, the Chorus Call operator. I would like to make that. All participants will be listen-only mode and the conference being recorded. The presentation will be followed by question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]
At this time, it's my pleasure to hand over to Thomas Altmann, Senior Vice President, Corporate Investor Relations. Please go ahead.
Thomas Altmann
Thank you, Sergen. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the earnings call for the full year 2024. On the call with me today are our CEO, Dr. Christian Kohlpaintner; and our CFO, Dr. Kristin Neumann. They will walk you through today's presentation, which is followed by a Q&A session.
We are also joined today by Thomas Reisten, who will assume the CFO role as of April 1 and who will shortly introduce himself. All relevant documents have been published this morning on our website and can be found at brenntag.com in the Investor Relations section.
In that same area, you will also find a replay of today's call. Before we begin, allow me to point you to the Safe Harbor statement, which you will find at the end of the slide deck.
With that, I will hand over to our CEO, Christian, over to you.
Dr. Christian Kohlpaintner
Yes, sir. Thank you, Thomas, and good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Before we start talking about kind of affairs and the details of our business performance last year, I also warmly welcome Thomas Reisten, who is joining us in this call today. Thomas is a well-respected interculturally executive and with his experience in corporate transformation, he is an excellent addition to our management team.
Thomas, thanks a lot for being here.
Thomas Reisten
Thank you, Christian for the kind introduction. I truly appreciate the opportunity to join this call today even ahead of officially stepping into my new role next month. Dear, ladies and gentlemen, I'm excited to briefly introduce myself to you. My name is Thomas Reisten, I will take over the position as CFO of Brenntag SE as of April 1st this year.
Currently, we are in the transition phase and I have already started to make myself familiar with topics I am going to be responsible for soon. I have extensive experience in financial leadership, most recently as Chief Financial Officer and member of the management Board of Vantage Towers.
There I was deeply involved in the Company's carve out from the Vodafone organization, its successful IPO and later its transition to private equity ownership and delisting. Prior to that, I spent many years with the Vodafone Group, holding senior financial leadership positions across multiple markets including the UK, Germany, Ireland, Romania, India and Japan....
Brenntag SE (BNTGF) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript