Manuel Villena is the Managing Director for Middle East at Ria, the money transfer division of Euronet Worldwide, Inc. He oversees the sales, finances, and operations in Middle East.

Prior to his current role, he was Business Developer Director at RIA responsible to develop, expand and grow the following territories, Ria’s Africa business managing RIA Dakar Hub, Cyprus, Benelux (Belgium-Netherland – Luxembourg) and the Nordic countries (Sweden-Norway-Denmark-Finland), prior the BDD, Manuel was Ria’s European Finance Director. Manuel has been an integral part of the organization since January 2006.

Since 2002 Manuel has worked in the money transfer industry and previously held position as Telegiros S.A as a Finance Director, Manuel previous experience was on Chemical Industry business.

Manuel holds an MBA in International Business and Business Administration from ESADE.

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