James Hardie Industries plc (NYSE:JHX) Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call November 7, 2022 4:30 PM ET

Company Participants

James Brennan-Chong - Director of Investor Relations and Market Intelligence

Aaron Erter - CEO

Jason Miele - CFO

Conference Call Participants

Keith Chau - MST Marquee

Simon Thackray - Jefferies

Lisa Huynh - JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Lee Power - UBS

Peter Steyn - Macquarie Research

Andrew Scott - Morgan Stanley

Samuel Seow - Citigroup

Daniel Kang - CLSA

Anderson Chow - Jarden Australia

Peter Wilson - Credit Suisse

Brook Campbell-Crawford - Barrenjoey

Paul Quinn - RBC Capital Markets

Operator

Thank you for standing by, and welcome to the James Hardie Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2023 Results Briefing. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to hand the conference over to Mr. James Brennan-Chong, Director of Investor Relations and Market Intelligence. Sir, please go ahead.

James Brennan-Chong

Thank you, operator. Good morning to everyone in Sydney, and hello to others from around the world. I'm James Brennan-Chong, Director of Investor Relations and Market Intelligence at James Hardie. And I would like to welcome you all to our second quarter fiscal year 2023 results call.

Turning to Page 2, you will see our standard cautionary note on forward-looking statements. Please note that this presentation does contain forward-looking statements and also the use of non-GAAP financial information.

Let's move to Page 3. Here, you will see our agenda and speakers for today. CEO, Aaron Erter; as well as our CFO, Jason Miele. Today, Aaron will begin the presentation with a brief update on our strategy as well as provide an operations update. Jason will then discuss the second quarter financial results, before Aaron returns to discuss guidance and close. After this, we will open it up to Q&A. I will now hand it over to our CEO, Aaron Erter.

Aaron Erter

Thank you, James. Good morning and good evening to everyone. Welcome to our second quarter earnings call. Before I begin, I would like to take a moment to thank each of our 5,000 employees from around the world for their efforts in delivering a highest quality products and services to our customer partners and what remains a challenging operating environment.

I've had the pleasure of meeting many of the James Hardie team over my first 2 months here, and the collective commitment to executing our strategy, and delivering strong results, all while working safely is truly inspiring. I am confident and excited about the future and what we will accomplish together as a team.