Western Union appoints Stewart A. Stockdale EVP and President-US and Canada

Western Union Company, a leading provider of money transfer services, on 3 June 2008 announced the appointment of Stewart A. Stockdale as Vice President and President of the US and Canada region. During the various stages of his career graph, Stockdale has served as the Chief Marketing Officer of Simon Property Group, President of Simon Brand Ventures and Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Conseco, Inc.

Western Union Company President and CEO, Christina A. Gold said “We are delighted to welcome Stewart to our leadership team. Stewart has distinguished himself as an entrepreneurial business leader with significant financial services experience and a wealth of consumer marketing knowledge. His business acumen will be a tremendous asset to Western Union as we further develop our consumer franchise in the US and Canada.”