Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL) Analyst/Investor Day May 12, 2026 8:30 AM EDT
Company Participants
Miles Pondelik – Director of Investor Relations & Corporate Development
Kenneth Vecchione – CEO, President & Director
Dale Gibbons – Vice Chairman and Chief Banking Officer, Deposit Initiatives & Innovation
Craig Huntington – Head of Association Banking Group
Timothy Bruckner – Chief Banking Officer For Regional Banking
Mike Lederman
Brent Edgecumbe
Jocelyn Lynch – President & CEO of Western Alliance Trust Company
David Bernard – Managing Director of Commercial Banking
Josh Adler – President & CEO
Emily Nachlas – Chief Risk Officer
Lynnee Herndon – Chief Credit Officer
Sonny Sonnenstein – Chief Information Officer
Vishal Idnani – Chief Financial Officer
Conference Call Participants
Ryan Kenny – Morgan Stanley, Research Division
Christopher McGratty – Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods, Inc., Research Division
Anthony Elian – JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division
Timur Braziler – UBS Investment Bank, Research Division
David Smith – Truist Securities, Inc., Research Division
Sun Young Lee – TD Cowen, Research Division
Andrew Terrell – Stephens Inc., Research Division
Jared David Shaw – Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division
Matthew Clark – Piper Sandler & Co., Research Division
Benjamin Gerlinger – Citigroup Inc., Research Division
Gary Tenner – D.A. Davidson & Co., Research Division
Juan Recalde – Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Research Division
Presentation
Operator
Please welcome, Miles Pondelik.
Miles Pondelik
Director of Investor Relations & Corporate Development
Good morning, everyone. I’m Miles Pondelik, Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Strategy. Welcome to Western Alliance Bank Corporation’s Inaugural Investor Day Conference. As you’ll see today, Western Alliance has built a high-performing national bank through disciplined execution, purposeful diversification and continuous innovation. That combination has driven durable earnings and returns, and we believe positions us to continue to create long-term shareholder value.
Please note that today’s presentation is available to download and via webcast through the company’s website at www.westernalliancebankcorporation.com. In addition to Ken Vecchione, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and
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