Western Union 2014 Annual Report Download - page 26

Board of Directors Information PROXY STATEMENT
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NOTICE OF 2015 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND PROXY STATEMENT
Hikmet Ersek
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE AND DIRECTORSHIPS
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since 2010. From January 2010 to August
2010, Mr. Ersek served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer. Prior to 2010, Mr. Ersek served
as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Europe, Middle East, Africa and
Asia Pacific Region from 2008. From 2006 to 2008, Mr. Ersek served as the Company’s Executive
Vice President and Managing Director, Europe/Middle East/Africa/South Asia. Prior to 2006, Mr.
Ersek held various positions of increasing responsibility with the Company. Prior to joining Western
Union in 1999, Mr. Ersek was with GE Capital and Europay/ MasterCard specializing in European
payment systems and consumer finance. Mr. Ersek’s term expires in 2015.
Age 54 Director Since 2010
EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, ATTRIBUTES AND SKILLS SUPPORTING
DIRECTORSHIP POSITION ON THE COMPANY’S BOARD*
Mr. Ersek is the only Director who is also an executive of the Company. Mr. Ersek provides insight
as the Company’s leader, and from his prior roles as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and
leader in the Company’s Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific region, a significant area for
the Company. Mr. Ersek provides many years of international consumer payment sales, marketing,
distribution, and operations insight from his experience with the Company, GE Capital, and
Europay/MasterCard.
Richard A. Goodman
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE AND DIRECTORSHIPS
Executive Vice President, Global Operations of PepsiCo Inc. (“PepsiCo”) from 2010 to 2011. Prior
to that, Mr. Goodman was PepsiCo’s Chief Financial Officer from 2006. From 2003 until 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., Toys “R” Us, Inc., and
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. Mr. Goodman’s term expires in 2015.
Age 66 Director Since 2012
EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, ATTRIBUTES AND SKILLS SUPPORTING
DIRECTORSHIP POSITION ON THE COMPANY’S BOARD*
Mr. Goodman brings to the Board experience as the chief financial officer and executive of a large,
United States-based global company that manufactures, markets, and distributes a broad range
of consumer goods. Mr. Goodman has experience with complex capital structures, and brings to
the Board and management perspective with regard to consumer products, marketing, and brand
management. Mr. Goodman also brings to the Board his experience as a board member of both a
global diversified industrial company and a global retailer.