WAL - Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

2024-04-19 20:14:02 ET

Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL)

Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call

April 19, 2024 12:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Miles Pondelik - Director of IR & Corporate Development

Kenneth Vecchione - President & CEO

Dale Gibbons - CFO

Timothy Bruckner - Chief Banking Officer

Conference Call Participants

Jared Shaw - Barclays

Casey Haire - Jefferies

Steven Alexopoulos - J.P. Morgan

Chris McGratty - KBW

Bernard Von Gizycki - Deutsche Bank

Ben Gerlinger - Citi

Matthew Clark - Piper Sandler

Timur Braziler - Wells Fargo

David Smith - Autonomous

Brandon King - Truist Securities

Gary Tenner - D.A. Davidson

Jon Arfstrom - RBC

Erik Zwick - Hovde Group

Zach Westerlind - UBS

Presentation

Operator

Good day, everyone. Welcome to Western Alliance Bancorporation's First Quarter 2024 Earnings Call. You may also view the presentation today via webcast through the company's website at www.westernalliancebancorporation.com.

I would now like to turn the call over to Miles Pondelik, Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Development. Please go ahead.

Miles Pondelik

Thank you, and welcome to Western Alliance Bank's first quarter 2024 conference call. Our speakers today are Ken Vecchione, President and Chief Executive Officer; Dale Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer; and Tim Bruckner, our Chief Banking Officer for Regional Banking will join for Q&A.

Before I hand the call over to Ken, please note that today's presentation contains forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions, except as required by law. The company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

For a more complete discussion of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements, please refer to the company's SEC filings, including the Form 8-K filed yesterday, which are available on the company's website.

Now for opening remarks, I'd like to turn the call over to Ken Vecchione.

Kenneth Vecchione

Good morning, everyone. I'll make some brief comments about our first quarter earnings before turning the call over to Dale, he will review the financial results in more detail. I'll come back and discuss the '24 outlook, and then Tim Bruckner, our Chief Banking Officer, will join us for Q&A....

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