Evotec SE (NASDAQ:EVO) Q3 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

When it comes to capacity, also here it’s a mixed picture throughout the whole portfolio, for example, that we are putting capacities together where we have subcritical sites. That’s a very clear goal also for our long-term value protection plan and efficiency plan, but that’s I think, what every decent business has to do. And when it comes to hiring of next year, I don’t have the full numbers here, but you will definitely see that we will look for more than 300 to 400 people in the whole platform and that shows you that there will be a close to 10% uplift in people capacity, but a higher than 10% uplift in revenues, and that’s exactly, I think, the matrix that we want to build here. Happy to go deeper into this.

Charles Weston: Well, is it — just a question on the 200 open positions for Biologics? Obviously some of them are quite specialized. Are you confident you will be able to find the people to be able to deliver on that that uplift in work?

Werner Lanthaler: Yes. Absolutely. Because people will love fully continuous technologies and love to be part of that paradigm shifting situation in the industry. And you wouldn’t believe it how people really stand there with stars in their eyes when they say, finally, I can now go to the high tech that I always wanted to be part of and that’s part of the attraction. So that’s why we are very confident in doing that. Last sentence on that maybe to Matthias.

Matthias Evers: No. And be assured we have a very tight process in place. We have, I think, a complete process underway on the recruiting side to tap into the talent pool. And also, to be clear, the input, the roles exist in the industry. So that’s why I think the love for this paradigm shift really plays out. So we are not looking for a new or unique breed of talent.

Werner Lanthaler: Great. I want to be mindful of all your time and know that many of you have a sharp stop at 4 p.m. or 3 p.m. wherever time zone you are. So that’s why, please all further questions, direct them to Volker or direct them to us directly. We are more than happy to come back to you. And before we close today, let me have a special thanks spelled out, because it’s so many people who are making quarterly reportings and who do this, and sometimes you don’t even hear them on the speaker. But with us in the room is Holger Scheel, who has been doing quarterlies together with us for more than 15 years now. And Holger will change roles and will then no longer be together with us in making these quarterly. But let me thank Holger wholeheartedly for 15 years of perfect quarterlies all together in one room here.

Thank you so much, Holger. And with this, thank you to all of you and I hope to see you very soon and I hope to see many of you in person in Hamburg and tickets are cheap to Hamburg and food is excellent in Hamburg. So please come to the Capital Markets Day. All the best.