West Bancorporation's (WTBA) CEO Dave Nelson on Q2 2015 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

West Bancorporation Incorporated (NASDAQ:WTBA) Q2 2015 Earnings Conference Call July 24, 2015 3:00 PM ET

Executives

Doug Gulling - EVP and CFO
Dave Nelson - CFO
Brad Winterbottom - EVP and President, West Bank
Dave Milligan - Chairman
Harlee Olafson - EVP and CRO
Marie Roberts - CAO

Analysts

Andrew Liesch - Sandler O'Neill

Operator

Good afternoon, and welcome to the Second Quarter 2015 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] After today’s presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the conference over to Doug Gulling. Please go ahead.

Doug Gulling

Thank you. Welcome everyone. Thank you for joining us today. On the call with me today are the following Dave Nelson, our CEO; Brad Winterbottom, Bank President; Harlee Olafson, Chief Risk Officer, Marie Roberts, our Chief Accounting Officer and Dave Milligan, Chairman of the Board.

I'll begin with our fair disclosure statement. Comments made during this conference call may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking information is based up on certain underlying assumptions, risks and uncertainties. Because of the possibility of change in the underlying assumptions, actual results could differ materially from these forward-looking statements.

The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update such statements to reflect current events or circumstances after this call or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to materially differ from those in the forward statements can be found in our periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

And I'll turn it over to Dave Nelson to begin.

Dave Nelson

Thank you, Doug and good afternoon everyone. Thank you for joining us. Well