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Executive Officers of the Registrant
As of February 26, 2010, our executives consist of the individuals listed below:
Name Age Position
Christina A. Gold . . 62 President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Guy A. Battista .... 61 Executive Vice President and President of Western Union Financial Services, Inc.
Ranjana Clark ..... 49 President, Global Business Payments and Executive Vice President, Head of
Global Strategy
Hikmet Ersek ..... 49 Chief Operating Officer
Gail Galuppo ..... 46 Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Robin Heller ...... 44 Executive Vice President, Operations and IT
Anne McCarthy . . . 50 Executive Vice President of Communications and Corporate Affairs
Scott Scheirman . . . 47 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
David Schlapbach . . 51 Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Stewart Stockdale . . 48 President, The Americas and Executive Vice President, Global Cards and Global
Key Accounts
GroverWray...... 49 Executive Vice President of Human Resources
Christina A. Gold is our President, Chief Executive Officer and one of our directors. Prior to taking
these positions in September 2006, she was a Senior Executive Vice President of First Data and President of
Western Union since May 2002. From October 1999 to May 2002, she was Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Excel Communications, Inc. Ms. Gold served as President and Chief Executive Officer of
The Beaconsfield Group from March 1998 to October 1999. In 1970, she joined Avon Products, Inc., serving
as President of Avon Canada from 1989 to 1993, President of Avon North America from 1993 to 1997 and
Executive Vice President of Global Development from 1997 to 1998. Ms. Gold is a Director of ITT
Corporation and New York Life Insurance Company.
Guy A. Battista is our Executive Vice President and President of Western Union Financial Services, Inc.
Prior to taking this position in September 2006, he was an Executive Vice President and Chief Information
Officer of First Data since March 2001. Mr. Battista joined First Data in 1990.
Ranjana Clark is our President, Global Business Payments and Executive Vice President, Head of
Global Strategy. Prior to joining Western Union in March 2009, she led the Wholesale Customer Experience
Group at Wells Fargo & Company from January 2009. From April 2007 to December 2008, she served as
Chief Marketing Officer of Wachovia Corporation. Prior to that time, from January 2001 to April 2007, she
led the Treasury Services Division of Wachovia Corporation.
Hikmet Ersek is our Chief Operating Officer. Prior to taking this position in 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.
Gail Galuppo is our Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to joining Western
Union in September 2007, Ms. Galuppo was the Chief Marketing and Customer Officer of Standard Chartered
Bank from August 2006, and the Global Head of Credit Cards of Standard Chartered Bank from September
2005 to August 2006. From April 2001 to August 2005, Ms. Galuppo led brand management, promotional
retail marketing and product category strategy for Sears, Roebuck and Company, most recently serving as its
Vice President, Brand and Category Strategy.
Robin Heller is our Executive Vice President, Operations and IT. Prior to taking this position in
September 2006, she was Senior Vice President, Global Operations for First Data since November 2004. From
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