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Board of Directors Information PROXY STATEMENT
11 | The Western Union Company – Proxy Statement
NOTICE OF 2014 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND PROXY STATEMENT
Michael A. Miles, Jr.
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE AND DIRECTORSHIPS
Advisory Director of Berkshire Partners, a private equity firm, since March 2013. Previously, Mr. Miles
was President of Staples, Inc. from January 2006 and Chief Operating Officer from 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’ term expires in 2015.
Age 52 Director Since 2006
EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, ATTRIBUTES AND SKILLS SUPPORTING
DIRECTORSHIP POSITION ON THE COMPANY’S BOARD*
Mr. Miles has experience as an executive of an international consumer goods retailer, and with large
acquisitions outside of the United States and franchise distribution networks, which are similar to
the Company’s agent network. Mr. Miles also brings U.S. and global operational expertise to the
Board discussions.
Wulf von Schimmelmann
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE AND DIRECTORSHIPS
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 Allianz
Deutschland AG, and a director of Accenture plc. 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. Mr. von
Schimmelmann’s term expires in 2014 and he has declined to stand for re-election.
Age 67 Director Since 2009
EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, ATTRIBUTES AND SKILLS SUPPORTING
DIRECTORSHIP POSITION ON THE COMPANY’S BOARD*
Mr. von Schimmelmann brings to the Board experience as a chief executive officer of a large German
multinational company. He has experience running a consumer-focused financial services business
which was also an agent of the Company. This provides a perspective to the Board of one of the
Company’s largest external constituent groups. Mr. von Schimmelmann has also operated in highly
regulated financial services industries in a European jurisdiction. He also provides the viewpoint of a
European who has also worked in the United States.