Western Union Names Gabriella Fitzgerald President, Americas
September 14 2021 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Fitzgerald to Drive Business Growth by
Building on Western Union’s Leadership Position in Global Consumer
Money Movement and Expanding its Digital Payments
Partnerships
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.
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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
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