Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call January 28, 2025 12:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Miles Pondelik – Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Development
Dale Gibbons – Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Steve Curley – Chief Banking Officer-National Business Lines
Tim Bruckner – Chief Banking Officer-Regional Banking

Conference Call Participants

Ebrahim Poonawala – Bank of America
Matthew Clark – Piper Sandler
Bernard Von Gizycki – Deutsche Bank
Gary Tenner – D.A. Davidson
Chris McGratty – KBW
Ben Gerlinger – Citi
Nick Holowko – UBS
Andrew Terrell – Stephens
Anthony Elian – J.P. Morgan
Jon Arfstrom – RBC Capital Markets

Operator

Good day, everyone. Welcome to Western Alliance Bancorporation’s Fourth 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 fourth quarter 2024 conference call. Our speakers today are Dale Gibbons, Interim CEO and CFO; Steve Curley, Chief Banking Officer for the National Business Lines; and Tim Bruckner, Chief Banking Officer for Regional Banking.

Before I hand the call over to Dale, 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 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 Dale Gibbons.

Dale Gibbons

Good afternoon