Heritage Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:HFWA) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call January 23, 2024 1:00 PM ET
Corporate Participants
Jeff Deuel – Chief Executive Officer, Heritage Financial
Tony Chalfant – Chief Credit Officer
Bryan McDonald – Chief Executive Officer, Heritage Bank
Jennifer Nino – Chief Accounting Officer
Conference Call Participants
Jeff Rulis – D.A. Davidson
Liam Coohill – Raymond James
Kelly Motta – KBW
Operator
Hello, everyone, and a warm welcome to Heritage Financial Q4 and Year-End Earnings Call. My name is Emily, and I’ll be coordinating your call today. [Operator Instructions].
I will now turn the call over to Jeff Deuel, CEO, to begin. Please go ahead.
Jeff Deuel
Thank you, Emily. Welcome and good morning to everyone who called in and those who may listen later. This is Jeff Deuel, CEO of Heritage Financial.
Attending with me are Bryan McDonald, CEO of Heritage Bank, and Tony Chalfant, Chief Credit Officer. Don Hinson, CFO, is unable to join us today because he’s under the weather. So we have asked Jennifer Nino, our Chief Accounting Officer, to participate in his place.
As many of you know, we announced CEO transition, excuse me, succession in July of 2024. That plan has been underway for some time now with the goal of providing a smooth transition for everyone, including employees, customers, shareholders, investors, and the communities we serve. I will continue as CEO of the holding company until May 5, 2025, when I will retire and become a non-executive advisor to the bank.
At that time, it is expected that Bryan McDonald will add CEO of the holding company to his current title as CEO of the bank. To that end, I would like to turn the call over to Bryan.
Bryan McDonald
Thank you, Jeff.
Our fourth quarter earnings release went out this
