Emma Walmsley - GlaxoSmithKline Plc
Management
Thanks, Sheila. Good afternoon, everybody. And a warm welcome to this call in which we're reporting our first quarter results. It's a great honor for me to be here as the new CEO of GSK. And I'm looking forward to speaking with you and to getting to know you more in the many quarters ahead. Hosting this call with me today is Simon Dingemans, our Chief Financial Officer, who's going to talk through the detail of our results in just a few moments. For all of our quarterly results calls from now on, Simon and I are going be joined by different members of our management, which I hope you'll find helpful for your questions. And will give you a sense of the GSK team as well as different aspects of the company. So with us here today are Patrick Vallance, our head of R&D, and also David Redfern, Chairman of our HIV business, also our Chief Strategy Officer. Before I hand over to Simon, let me make just a few comments. Firstly, as I just said, it's a real privilege to be leading this great company. We have many dedicated and highly professional people working for us and with us all around the world. And I'm optimistic about what we can do better for patients, consumers, and our shareholders. Our company has an important purpose. And I believe that with the right investments in science, technologies, and our people, we can make very meaningful differences to health in all parts of the world. I also believe that with disciplined allocation of capital and a clear focus on generating competitive performance, we can realize value and deliver returns for our shareholders. The results we publish today confirm that we're making good progress in the recovery of our financial performance after…