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Western Union Names Gabriella Fitzgerald President, Americas
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Fitzgerald to Drive Business Growth by Building on Western Union’s Leadership Position in Global Consumer Money Movement and Expanding its Digital Payments Partnerships
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, today announced the appointment of Gabriella Fitzgerald as President, Americas Region. Effective September 13, 2021, Gabriella will lead Western Union’s business in the region, driving the company’s market development and growth across all products, channels and customer segments. She will join the Executive Team and will report directly to Western Union CEO Hikmet Ersek.
Gabriella Fitzgerald (Photo: Business Wire)
Fitzgerald joins Western Union as it strengthens its focus on increasing penetration of the global cross-border consumer payments market, expanding on an open platform strategy to serve multiple customer segments and use cases, and increasing its total addressable market by offering additional services to its unique global customer base through a Western Union-branded ecosystem strategy.
“Gabriella has built her career and her reputation with bold, innovative thinking about digital-driven growth and customer experience optimization, while leading diverse, global teams,” said Western Union CEO Hikmet Ersek. “We are thrilled to have her bring her experience, expertise and passion to our Americas operation.”
Fitzgerald brings a proven track record of strengthening her organization’s market position and accelerating growth by identifying new payments services to address evolving customer preferences. After two decades at American Express, she served most recently as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Global Commercial Services, leading the U.S. Corporate and B2B Payments business for the largest global enterprise customers. Her accomplishments include delivering increased global growth and profitability through improving product value propositions and service delivery, helping to position American Express as a leader in payments.
“I am delighted to join Western Union in its mission to connect people and businesses to the global economy,” Fitzgerald said. “Coming onboard such an iconic brand at a time when the company is expanding its business across the payments sector to serve multiple segments is an exciting prospect, and I look forward to being part of the team driving this growth forward.”
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About Western Union
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) is a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments. Western Union’s platform provides seamless cross-border flows and its leading global financial network bridges more than 200 countries and territories and over 130 currencies. We connect businesses, financial institutions, governments, and consumers through one of the world’s widest reaching networks, accessing billions of bank accounts, millions of digital wallets and cards, and over half a million retail locations. Western Union connects the world to bring boundless possibilities within reach. For more information, visit www.westernunion.com
with a 160+ year history of connecting people when it matters most, western union continues to shape the world in which we live. western union offers one of the easiest ways for families, friends and businesses to send money and stay connected almost anywhere in the world. it all comes down to the relationships we’ve established over many years. together with our agents, we speak our consumers’ languages and live in our consumers’ neighborhoods. and we share our consumers’ cultures. we are a significant part of each other’s lives. as a result, our agents and employees are more like ambassadors. they are ambassadors of trust. ambassadors of responsibility. and ambassadors of hope. they are the living, breathing manifestation of who we are as a company and everything we stand for. we are inspired, driven, responsible, connected, and game-changers. and we're moving forward with other new ventures too! western union has launched wu digital in san francisco, ca. this technology-driven divis
