KBC Group NV (OTCPK:KBCSY) Q1 2025 Results Conference Call May 15, 2025 1:00 AM ET
Company Participants
Kurt De Baenst – Head, Investor Relations
Johan Thijs – Chief Executive Officer
Bartel Puelinckx – Group Chief Financial Officer
Conference Call Participants
Benoit Petrarque – Kepler Cheuvreux
Sharath Kumar – Deutsche Bank
Giulia Miotto – Morgan Stanley
Kiri Vijayarajah – HSBC
Farquhar Murray – Autonomous
Tarik El Mejjad – BofA
Johan Ekblom – UBS
Anke Reingen – RBC
Flora Bocahut – Barclays
Amit Ranjan – JPMorgan
Operator
Hello, and welcome to the KBC Group Earnings Release First Quarter 2025 Conference Call. On today’s call, we have Mr. Johan Thijs, CEO; Bartel Puelinckx, CFO; and Kurt De Baenst, Head of Investor Relations. Please note, this call is being recorded. [Operator Instructions]
I will now hand you over to your host, Mr. Kurt De Baenst, Head of Investor, to begin today’s conference. Thank you.
Kurt De Baenst
Thank you, operator. Also 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, May 15, 2025, and we are hosting the conference call on the first quarter results of KBC, the updated dividend and capital deployment policy as well as the acquisition of 365.bank in Slovakia. As usual, we have Johan Thijs, Group CEO, with us; as well as our Group CFO, Bartel Puelinckx, and they will both elaborate on the results and add some additional insights. 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 to all of you on the announcement of the first quarter results of 2025, and we do that with the traditional
