Danske Bank announced its Q1 2026 financial results, highlighting a solid start to the year driven by commercial momentum and a favorable Nordic operating environment. The earnings call included an update on the bank’s Forward ’28 strategy. CEO Carsten Egeriis and CFO Cecile Hillary led the discussion, followed by a Q&A session with analysts.
Danske Bank A/S (DNKEY) Q1 2026 Earnings Call April 30, 2026 2:30 AM EDT
Company Participants
Claus Jensen - Head of Investor Relations Carsten Egeriis - CEO & Member of Executive Leadership Team Cecile Hillary - Group Chief Financial Officer
Conference Call Participants
Shrey Srivastava - Citigroup Inc., Research Division Namita Samtani - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division Johan Ekblom - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division Sofie Caroline Peterzens - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division Mathias Nielsen - Nordea Markets, Research Division Martin Birk - SEB, Research Division Alexander Vilstrup-Jørgensen - DNB Carnegie, Research Division Jacob Kruse - Bernstein Autonomous LLP
Presentation
Claus Jensen Head of Investor Relations
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the conference call for Danske Bank's financial results for the first quarter of 2026. My name is Claus Ingar Jensen, and I'm Head of Danske Bank's Investor Relations. With me today, I have CEO Carsten Egeriis; and our CFO, Cecile Hillary.
The presentation today will be extended as it will include an update on our Forward '28 strategy. We aim to keep this presentation at around 35 minutes. After the presentation, we will open up for a Q&A session as usual. And afterwards, feel free to contact the IR department if you have any more questions.
I will now hand over to Carsten. Slide 2, please.
Carsten Egeriis CEO & Member of Executive Leadership Team
Yes. Thank you, Claus. And I would also like to welcome you to our conference call where I am pleased to share the highlights of Danske Bank's financial results for Q1 and present an update on our Forward '28 strategy.
Let me start with the key messages for the quarter. So we've had a solid start to 2026 driven by clear commercial momentum across our focus areas and supported by constructive Nordic operating environment despite the market volatility that we've
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