West Bancorporation, Inc. Earnings Call Transcript

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West Bancorporation, Inc. (NASDAQ:WTBA) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call July 25, 2024 3:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Jane Funk - CFO
Dave Nelson - CEO
Harlee Olafson - CRO
Brad Winterbottom - President
Brad Peters - Minnesota Group President

Conference Call Participants

Andrew Liesch - Piper Sandler

Operator

Hello, and welcome to West Bancorporation, Inc. Q2 2024 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the call over to the company's Chief Financial Officer, Jane Funk. Please go ahead.

Jane Funk

Thank you, and welcome, everybody. Thank you for joining us today on our second quarter earnings call. I've got with me today Dave Nelson, our CEO; Harlee Olafson, our Chief Risk Officer; Brad Winterbottom, our Bank President; and Brad Peters, our Minnesota Group President.

We'll start off the call today. I'll turn it over to Dave Nelson.

Dave Nelson

Thank you, Jane, and good afternoon, everyone.

Jane Funk

Sorry, I got to go back, I got to read the fair value disclosure. Sorry about that. I got ahead of myself. I'll read the fair disclosure statement. During today's conference call, we may make projections or other forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding future events or the future financial performance of the company. We caution that such statements are predictions and that actual results may differ materially.

Please see the forward-looking statement disclosure in our 2024 second quarter earnings release for more information about risks and uncertainties, which may affect us. The information we will provide today is accurate as of June 30, 2024, and we undertake no duty to update the information.

Now I'll turn it over to Dave Nelson.

Dave Nelson

Thank you, Jane. Good afternoon, everyone, and