Nicholas Hawkins
MD, CEO & Executive Director

Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to IAG’s 2026 Investor Day. I’m joined here by our Chief Financial Officer, William McDonnell; our COO, Neil Morgan; the CEOs of our divisions, Julie, Jarrod and Phil and other members of the executive team of IAG are all sitting in the front row here in Sussex Street. We’re holding today’s event on IAG Sydney’s offices on the lands of the Gadigal people. And so we acknowledge the traditional owners of country throughout Australia, and we recognize their continuing connection to lands, waters and the community. I pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging.

Many of you have been on the bus trip this morning attending the showcases at our research center and the major event command center. And I hope you enjoyed the insights and the kind of uniqueness of IAG that you’ve just seen. Just in terms of agenda, as you can see, we’ve got a full agenda this afternoon. But within that, we’re going to break for a couple of times for questions after a couple of the sessions. And

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