Woodward & Goldman Sachs Fireside Chat Transcript

Aug 28, 2024 / 03:00PM GMT
Noah Poponak – The Goldman Sachs Group Inc – Moderator

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to this fireside chat discussion with the executive management team of Woodward. I am Noah Poponak, the Aerospace and Defense Equity Research Analyst at Goldman Sachs and I will be your host today for this discussion.

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So with that, it’s my pleasure to introduce from Woodward, CEO, Chip Blankenship; and the CFO, Bill Lacey. Chip is the Chairman and CEO, a role he started in May of 2022. Prior to that, build a lot of experience in the aerospace industry, including over 20 years at GE,