West Bancorporation, Inc. (WTBA) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

West Bancorporation, Inc. (NASDAQ:WTBA) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call April 24, 2025 3:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Jane Funk – Chief Financial Officer
David Nelson – Chief Executive Officer
Harlee Olafson – Chief Risk Officer
Brad Winterbottom – Bank President
Bradley Peters – Minnesota Group President

Conference Call Participants

Andrew Liesch – Piper Sandler

Operator

Thank you for standing by. My name is Kate, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the West Bancorporation, Inc. First Q 2025 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions].

I would now like to turn the call over to Jane Funk, CFO. Please go ahead.

Jane Funk

Thank you. Good afternoon, everybody. I’m Jane Funk, the CFO of West Bancorporation, and I’d like to welcome the participants on the call today, and thank you for joining us. With me today are Dave Nelson, our CEO; Brad Winterbottom, Bank President; Harlee Olafson, Chief Risk Officer; and Brad Peters, Minnesota Group President.

I’ll now read the fair disclosure statement. During today’s conference call, we may make projections or other forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding future events or the future financial performance of the company. We caution that such statements are predictions and that actual results may differ materially. Please see the forward-looking statement disclosure in our 2025 first quarter earnings release for more information about risks and uncertainties which may affect us. The information we will provide today is accurate as of March 31, 2025, and we undertake no duty to update the information.

With that, I’ll turn it over to Dave Nelson.

David Nelson

Thank you, Jane, and good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We appreciate your interest in Westbank, and we have good news