People: Western Union Co (WU)

WU on New York Consolidated

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24 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Jack Greenberg

70 2011 Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board, Presiding Director

Hikmet Ersek

52 2010 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Scott Scheirman

50 2011 Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Paula Larson

50 2011 Chief Human Resource Officer, Executive Vice President

J. David Thompson

46 2012 Executive Vice President - Global Operations, Chief Information Officer

Diane Scott

42 2012 Executive Vice President, Chief Product and Marketing Office

John Dye

53 2011 Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary

Rajesh Agrawal

47 2011 Executive Vice President, President - Western Union Business Solutions

Robin Heller

46 2012 Executive Vice President and Chief Integration Officer

Solomon Trujillo

60 2012 Director

Dinyar Devitre

65 2006 Independent Director

Richard Goodman

64 2012 Independent Director

Betsy Holden

57 2006 Independent Director

Linda Levinson

71 2006 Independent Director

Roberto Mendoza

67 2006 Independent Director

Michael Miles

2006 Independent Director

Wulf von Schimmelmann

66 2009 Independent Director

Michael Salop

Investor Relations Officer

Biographies

Name Description

Jack Greenberg

Mr. Jack M. Greenberg is Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board, Presiding Director of The Western Union Company. Mr. Greenberg was Chairman (from May 1999) and Chief Executive Officer (from August 1998) of McDonald’s Corporation until December 2002. Mr. Greenberg joined McDonald’s Corporation as Executive Vice President and Chief Finance Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors in 1982. He served as a director of First Data from 2003 to 2006 and as a director of Abbott Laboratories from 2001 to 2007. Mr. Greenberg is a director of The Allstate Corporation, Hasbro, Inc., Innerworkings, Inc., where he serves as Chairman of the Board, and Manpower Inc.

Hikmet Ersek

Mr. Hikmet Ersek is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Western Union Company. He is the President and Chief Executive Officer (from September 2010) and a member of the Company's Board of Directors (from April 2010). From January 2010 to August 2010, Mr. Ersek served as the Company's Chief Operating Officer. Prior to January 2010, Mr. Ersek served as the Company's Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific Region from December 2008. From September 2006 to December 2008, Mr. Ersek served as the Company's Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Europe/Middle East/Africa/South Asia. Prior to September 2006, Mr. Ersek held various positions of increasing responsibility with Western Union. Prior to joining Western Union in September 1999, Mr. Ersek was with GE Capital specializing in European payment systems and consumer finance.

Scott Scheirman

Mr. Scott T. Scheirman is an Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Western Union Company. Mr. Scheirman has been the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer since September 2006 and assumed the additional responsibilities of Global Operations from January 2012 through November 2012. In addition, from June 2011 through November 2011, Mr. Scheirman served as interim Chief Human Resources Officer for the Company. Prior to becoming the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer in September 2006, Mr. Scheirman held a variety of positions with responsibility at First Data, including Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Western Union from 1999 to September 2006. Prior to joining First Data in 1992, Mr. Scheirman was with Ernst & Young LLP.

Paula Larson

Ms. Paula S. Larson is Chief Human Resource Officer, Executive Vice President of Western Union Company, since November 2011. Prior to taking this position in November 2011, Ms. Larson was Chief Human Resources Officer for Invensys Plc from April 2005 to March 2011. Prior to that time, Ms. Larson held various senior human resources positions at Eaton Corporation and subsidiaries of General Electric Company.

J. David Thompson

Mr. J. David Thompson is an Executive Vice President - Global Operations, Chief Information Officer of Western Union Co. He is Executive Vice President, Global Operations (from November 2012) and Chief Information Officer (from April 2012). Prior to April 2012, Mr. Thompson was Group President, Services & Support and Global CIO of Symantec Corporation since January 2008. From February 2006 to January 2008, Mr. Thompson served as Symantec's Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer. Prior to joining Symantec, Mr. Thompson was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Oracle Corporation from January 2005 to January 2006. From August 1995 to January 2005, he was Vice President of Services and Chief Information Officer at PeopleSoft, Inc. Mr. Thompson is a director of CoreSite Realty Corporation.

Diane Scott

Ms. Diane Scott is an Executive Vice President, Chief Product and Marketing Office of Western Union Company. She is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer (from April 2011) and President - Western Union Ventures (from August 2011). Prior to April 2011, Ms. Scott was Senior Vice President, Marketing, Americas since March 2009. From March 2008 to March 2009, Ms. Scott served as Vice President, Marketing Services, and General Manager, Domestic Money Transfer. From March 2007 to March 2008, Ms. Scott served as Vice President, Domestic Money Transfer and Marketing Services, and from January 2005 to March 2007, she served as Vice President and General Manager, Domestic Money Transfer. Ms. Scott joined Western Union in 2001.

John Dye

Mr. John R. Dye is an Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of Western Union Company, since November 2011. Prior to taking this position in November 2011, Mr. Dye was Senior Vice President, Interim General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC”) from July 2011. From July 2007 to July 2011, Mr. Dye served as Senior Vice President, Principal Deputy General Counsel Corporate Affairs, of FHLMC. Prior to joining FHLMC, Mr. Dye served as Associate General Counsel at Citigroup Inc. from August 1999 to July 2007, and as Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel at Salomon Smith Barney from 1994 to 1999. Prior to that time, Mr. Dye was an attorney at the law firm of Brown & Wood. Mr. Dye is Chairman of the Board of the Western Union Foundation.

Rajesh Agrawal

Mr. Rajesh K. Agrawal is an Executive Vice President, President - Western Union Business Solutions of Western Union Company. He is Executive Vice President (from November 2011) and President, Western Union Business Solutions (from August 2011). Prior to August 2011, Mr. Agrawal served as General Manager, Business Solutions since November 2010, and as Senior Vice President of Finance for Business Units, from August 2010 to November 2010. Previously, Mr. Agrawal served as Senior Vice President of Finance of the Company's Europe, Middle East, and Africa and Asia Pacific regions from July 2008 to August 2010, and as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Western Union from June 2006 to May 2008. Mr. Agrawal joined Western Union in 2006.

Robin Heller

Ms. Robin S. Heller is no longer Executive Vice President and Chief Integration Officer of Western Union Company, effective June 30, 2013. Prior to taking this position in January 2012, she was Executive Vice President - Operations and IT since September 2006. From November 2004 to September 2006, she was Senior Vice President, Global Operations for First Data. From July 2003 to November 2004, Ms. Heller served in a similar capacity with Western Union. Prior to that time, she was Senior Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Operations for Western Union Commercial Services from July 2002 until June 2003 and Senior Vice President, Operations and Client Management for Integrated Payment Systems Inc. (“IPS”), a First Data subsidiary, from July 2000 until June 2002. Ms. Heller joined First Data in 1988.

Solomon Trujillo

Mr. Solomon D. Trujillo has been appointed as the Director of Western Union Company effective July 20, 2012. Mr. Trujillo served as the CEO and director of Telstra Corporation Limited (Australia) from July 2005 to June 2009. Earlier, he was CEO of Orange SA (EU); and chairman, president and CEO of Graviton, Inc. and chairman, president and CEO of US West – both in the US. He is the founder and chairman of Trujillo Group Investments, LLC. Additionally, he is a director of Target Corporation, WPP plc, and ProAmerica Bank.

Dinyar Devitre

Mr. Dinyar S. Devitre is an Independent Director of The Western Union Company since 2006. He is Special Advisor to General Atlantic LLC since June 2008. Mr. Devitre served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Altria Group, Inc. from March 2002 until March 2008. From 2001 to 2002, Mr. Devitre served as a private business consultant and from 1998 to 2001, he was Executive Vice President at Citibank in Europe. He started with the Altria Group companies in 1970 and served in a variety of positions, including President Philip Morris, Asia, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Philip Morris, Japan, and Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning, Philip Morris Companies, Inc. from 1995 to 1998. Mr. Devitre was a director of Kraft Foods Inc. from September 2002 to May 2007, and is a director of SABMiller plc and Altria Group, Inc.

Richard Goodman

Dr. Richard A. Goodman, Ph.D., has been appointed as an Independent Director of Western Union Co., effective January 1, 2012. Dr. Goodman served as Executive Vice President, Global Operations of PepsiCo Inc. (“PepsiCo”) from March 2010 to December 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Goodman was PepsiCo’s Chief Financial Officer from October 2006. From 2003 until October 2006, Mr. Goodman was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo International. Mr. Goodman served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo Beverages International from 2001 to 2003, and as Vice President and General Auditor of PepsiCo from 2000 to 2001. Before joining PepsiCo in 1992, Mr. Goodman was with W.R. Grace & Co. in a variety of senior financial positions. Mr. Goodman is a director of Johnson Controls Inc. and Toys “R” Us, Inc.

Betsy Holden

Ms. Betsy D. Holden is an Independent Director of The Western Union Company since 2006. She is Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company since April 2007. Ms. Holden served as President, Global Marketing and Category Development of Kraft Foods Inc., a food business unit of Altria Group, Inc., from January 2004 through June 2005, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Kraft Foods Inc. from March 2001 until December 2003, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Kraft Foods North America from May 2000 until December 2003. Ms. Holden began her career at General Foods in 1982. She currently serves as a director of Tribune Company and Diageo plc.

Linda Levinson

Ms. Linda Fayne Levinson is an Independent Director of The Western Union Company since 2006. She is an advisor to professionally funded, privately held ventures. Ms. Fayne Levinson was Non-Executive Chair of the Board of Connexus, Inc., formerly VendareNetblue, a privately held online marketing company until May 2010 when it was merged with Epic Advertising. From February through July 2006, Ms. Fayne Levinson was both Chair and Interim CEO of Vendare Media. From 1997 until May 2004, Ms. Fayne Levinson was a partner at GRP Partners, a venture capital firm, investing in early stage technology companies in the financial services, internet media and online retail sectors. Earlier in her career, Ms. Fayne Levinson was an executive at American Express and a partner at McKinsey & Company. She is a director of NCR Corporation, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., Ingram Micro, Inc., and Hertz Global Holdings Inc.

Roberto Mendoza

Mr. Roberto G. Mendoza is an Independent Director of The Western Union Company since 2006. He is Senior Managing Director of Atlas Advisors LLC, an independent global investment banking firm, since March 2010. Previously, Mr. Mendoza co-founded Deming Mendoza & Co., LLC, a corporate finance advisory firm, and served as one of its partners from February 2009 to March 2010. Mr. Mendoza served as Non-Executive Chairman of Trinsum Group from February 2007 to November 2008. In January 2007, Trinsum Group was formed as a result of a merger of Marakon Associates and Integrated Finance Limited, a financial advisory company which Mr. Mendoza co-founded and of which he served as Chairman of the Board and Managing Director from 2002 to February 2007. He also served as Managing Director of Goldman Sachs Services from September 2000 to February 2001. From 1967 to 2000, Mr. Mendoza held positions at J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc., serving from 1990 to 2000 as director and Vice Chairman of the Board. Mr. Mendoza served as Chairman of Egg plc from May 2000 to February 2006, and as a director of Prudential plc from May 2000 to May 2007, and of PARIS RE Holdings Limited from January 2007 to September 2009. He currently serves as a director of PartnerRe Ltd. and Manpower Inc.

Michael Miles

Mr. Michael A. Miles, Jr., is an Independent Director of The Western Union Company since 2006. He is President of Staples, Inc. since January 2006 and Chief Operating Officer since September 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Miles was Chief Operating Officer, Pizza Hut for Yum! Brands, Inc. from January 2000 to August 2003. From 1996 to 1999, he served Pizza Hut as Senior Vice President of Concept Development & Franchise. Mr. Miles is an executive of a consumer goods retailer.

Wulf von Schimmelmann

Professor Dr. Wulf von Schimmelmann is an Independent Director of The Western Union Company since 2009. He is Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Postbank AG, a Germany-based financial services provider, from 1999 to June 2007. Before that, Mr. von Schimmelmann was a member of the Board of Managing Directors at BHF-Bank in Frankfurt am Main, where he was responsible for investment banking, payment transactions, and corporate customers. Mr. von Schimmelmann is Chair of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Post AG, a member of the Supervisory Board of Maxingvest AG, and a director of Accenture Ltd. and Thomson Reuters International. Mr. von Schimmelmann served as Chair of the Supervisory Board of BAWAG P.S.K. from 2007 to 2009, and as a member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Telekom AG from 2006 to 2009.

Michael Salop

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