Christopher Bogart | Chief Executive Officer |
Jonathan Molot | Chief Investment Officer |
Kenneth Brause | Chief Financial Officer |
David Chiaverini | Wedbush Securities |
Julian Roberts | Jefferies |
Andrew Shepherd-Barron | Peel Hunt LLP |
James Hamilton | Numis Securities Limited |
Thanks very much, and hello, everybody. Thank you for taking some time in what is almost the middle of August to talk about Burford and our interim results.
As usual, I'm joined by Jon Molot, the Chief Investment Officer; and Ken Brause, the Chief Financial Officer. The three of us will take turns going through our slides with you. We promised to do that somewhat more briskly than we did in our annual results call, and then we'll be happy to take any of your questions.