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Operator
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for waiting. We would like to welcome everyone to Bradesco Second Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]. Now I ll turn the conference over to Mr. Carlos Firetti, Business Controller and Market Relations Director.
Carlos Firetti
Business Controller and Market Relations Director
Hi, everyone. Welcome to our conference call for discussions of our second quarter 2021 results. We have today with us here in our headquarters, our CEO, Octavio de Lazari, Jr.; our Executive Vice President; Andre Cano; our Executive Director and IRO, Leandro Miranda; our CFO, Oswaldo Fernandes; the Bradesco Seguros CEO, Ivan Gontijo; and Banco Next Chief Executive Officer, Renato Ejnisman. Now I turn the floor to Leandro.
Operator
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen and thank you for waiting. We would like to welcome everyone to Bradesco s First Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. This call is being broadcasted simultaneously through the Internet in the Investor Relations website at bradescori.com.br/en. In the address, you can also find the presentation available for download. We affirm that all participants will be able to listen to the conference call during the Company s presentation. After the presentation, there will be question-and-answer session where further instructions will be given [Operator Instructions].
Before proceeding, let me mention that forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of Banco Bradesco s Management and on information currently available to the Company. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions because they relate to future events and therefore depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Investors should understand