Global Head of Treasury and Investor Relations - Hung Ko President and Chief Executive Officer - Philip Witherington President and CEO of Manulife Canada - Patrick Graham Operator: Thank you for standing by. This is the conference operator. Welcome to the Manulife Financial Corporation Second Quarter 2026 Results Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] The conference is being recorded. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr.
Hung Ko, Global Head of Treasury and Investor Relations. Welcome to Manulife's earnings conference call to discuss our second quarter 2026 financial and operating results. Our earnings materials, including the webcast slide for today's call, are available in the Investor Relations section of our website at manulife.com.
Before we start, please refer to Slide 2 for a caution on forward-looking statements and Slide 32 for a note on the non-GAAP and other financial measures used in this presentation. Please note that certain material factors or assumptions are applied in making forward-looking statements, and actual results may differ materially from what is stated. We'll begin today's presentation with Phil Witherington, our President and Chief Executive Officer, who will provide a highlight of our second quarter 2026 results, a strategic update and an overview of our latest long-term care reinsurance transaction.
Following Phil, Colin Simpson, our Chief Financial Officer, will discuss the company's financial and operating results in more detail. After their prepared remarks, we'll move to the live Q&A portion of the call. With that, I'd like to turn the call over to Phil.
Philip Witherington: Thanks, Hung, and thank you, everyone, for joining us today. Before we begin, I'd like to take a moment to recognize and welcome the newest members of our executive leadership team that we announced in May. Patrick Graham has assumed the role of President and CEO of Manulife Canada.
Patrick previously led our Hong Kong and Macau business and brings deep expertise across both distribution and health that will help accelerate our Canada growth strategy. I'd also like to congratulate Jodie Wallis on her expanded mandate as Chief AI Officer, which now spans both AI and enterprise data. Jodie remains instrumental in driving responsible AI adoption at scale to support growth, improve efficiency and enhance customer experience, and her appointment to the executive leadership team further reflects the importance of this work across our enterprise.
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