Western Union Appoints Shelly Swanback as President, Product and Platform
December 20 2019 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
Swanback to Advance Western Union’s Global
Cross-Border, Cross-Currency Platform to Spearhead Expanding
Product and Solutions Portfolio
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a global leader in
cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments today
announced the appointment of Shelly Swanback as President, Product
and Platform.
Shelly will advance the company’s dynamic cross-border,
cross-currency global platform to support the company’s expansion
to multiple customer segments. Shelly will commence her role in
January 2020. She will be a member of the Executive Team and will
report directly to Western Union CEO Hikmet Ersek.
The appointment comes on the heels of the company’s Investor Day
in September 2019, where members of the management team presented
the company’s platform strategy which is designed to capitalize on
Western Union’s unique cross-border strengths, to meet increasing
demand from global consumers, businesses and financial institutions
for fast and reliable cross-border money transfer and payment
solutions.
“I am pleased to announce the appointment of Shelly Swanback
after an extensive global search,” said Western Union CEO, Hikmet
Ersek. “We are inspired by the deep experience she brings to our
organization and the integral role she will play in bringing our
unique cross-border capabilities to a wider set of consumers and
businesses,” Ersek added.
Shelly joins Western Union after an impressive career at
Accenture. Recently she served as Group Operating Officer for
Accenture Digital – where she played an instrumental role in
creating the organization in 2014 and helping to establish the
company as a market leader in digital services. In this role,
Shelly has led Accenture Digital's growth initiatives and
operations and helped its clients envision and deliver growth
through digital reinvention while concurrently transforming and
elevating Accenture’s digital advancement.
“I am delighted to join Western Union, an iconic global brand,
and work with its deeply experienced leadership to grow the
business and propel its new platform strategy,” said Swanback.
“Western Union’s mission to power a full range of money movement
and payment options to serve a broad spectrum of consumers and
businesses, through inclusive innovation, make this opportunity
especially exciting as the growth and expansion of the Western
Union platform will have far reaching benefits for stakeholders
across the globe,” she said.
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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. Our
omnichannel platform connects the digital and physical worlds and
makes it possible for consumers and businesses to send and receive
money and make payments with speed, ease, and reliability. As of
September 30, 2019, our network included over 550,000 retail agent
locations offering our branded services in more than 200 countries
and territories, with the capability to connect to billions of
accounts. Additionally, westernunion.com, our fastest growing
channel in 2018, is available in 75 countries, plus additional
territories, to move money around the world. With our global reach,
Western Union moves money for better, connecting family, friends
and businesses to enable financial inclusion and support economic
growth. For more information, visit www.westernunion.com.
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