Leadership
Our leadership team remains true to our vision and values, putting customers’ evolving needs at the center of our innovation and holding up trust and convenience as the hallmarks of our business.
Richard A. Goodman served as executive vice president, global operations of PepsiCo Inc. (“PepsiCo”) from March 2010 to December 2011. Prior to that, Goodman was PepsiCo’s chief financial officer from October 2006. From 2003 until October 2006, Goodman was senior vice president and chief financial officer of PepsiCo International. Goodman served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of PepsiCo Beverages International from 2001 to 2003, and as vice president and general auditor of PepsiCo from 2000 to 2001. Before joining PepsiCo in 1992, Goodman was with W.R. Grace & Co. in a variety of senior financial positions. Goodman served as a director of Johnson Controls, Inc. from 2008 to September 2016. He currently serves as a director of Adient plc and Kindred Health Inc. and privately-held Toys ‘R’ Us, Inc.
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Joyce A. Phillips is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of EqualFuture Corp., a San Francisco-based fintech startup delivering affordable personal financial wellness platforms to individuals and businesses. Ms. Phillips brings substantial global experience in banking, financial services, insurance, innovation and marketing in her 30+ year career. Phillips has held senior executive roles with global and regional responsibilities with Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ), where she served as CEO, Global Wealth Division, after holding the role of Group Managing Director of Innovation and Marketing. Other executive roles held by Phillips include President and Chief Operating Officer of American Life Insurance Co. (ALICO), a subsidiary of American International Group (AIG); and Global Head of International Retail Banking at Citigroup. Phillips’ previous public board experience includes service on the Board of Directors of Reinsurance Group of America from 2014-2017. Ms. Phillips is an independent member of the Western Union board of Directors.
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Hikmet Ersek is President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of The Western Union Company, a Fortune 500 global leader in digital and retail cross-border money transfer and payments services.
With more than 30 years of executive experience in financial services, Ersek joined Western Union in 1999 and became CEO in 2010. Under his leadership, Western Union has successfully diversified and evolved its business to become a global payments company.
Significant accomplishments include growing the company’s digital and mobile offerings; expanding the company’s portfolio into the B2B payments sector; growing its retail money transfer business; implementing a new technology platform; and significantly upgrading the company’s global compliance programs.
Founded more than 168 years ago, Western Union has become one of the world’s most global companies, serving customers in 200 countries and territories, with a diverse base of agents, frontline associates, and employees. A purpose-led company, a remarkably high 84 percent of employees contributed to the Western Union Foundation in 2019.
A citizen of Austria and Turkey, Ersek draws on his international background to speak out publicly for the rights of migrants and refugees worldwide. He has been publicly recognized for his commitment to community and corporate responsibility, including as Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine’s Responsible CEO of the Year.
In 2019, Ersek received the Global Economy Prize in Business from Keil Institute for the World Economy for his international influence on global issues and was honored for his meritorious services to the Republic of Austria with the Decoration of Honor. A recipient of the Best FinTech CEO, he also received Manager of the Year 2018 from his Alma Mater, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien. In 2016, Ersek was awarded Austrian of the Year by Die Presse and currently serves as the Austrian Honorary Consul for Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico.
Ersek is frequently quoted by major global media outlets on business and societal topics such as migration, digital payments, and global business transformation. He is a member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum and the Business Roundtable.
Ersek began his career in financial services in Europe when he joined Europay/MasterCard in Austria in 1986. A decade later, he joined General Electric (GE) Capital, where he also represented the GE Corporation as the National Executive in Austria and Slovenia.
He speaks English, German and Turkish fluently, and enjoyed a short career as a professional basketball player in Europe prior to his private sector experience.
Ersek holds a Master's (Magister) degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Wirtschaftsuniversität (University of Economics) in Vienna, Austria.
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Jeffrey A. Joerres has served as Executive Chairman of ManpowerGroup from May 2014 to December 2015. From 1999 to 2014, Joerres served as CEO of ManpowerGroup and from 2001 to 2014, he served as Chairman of the Board. Joerres joined ManpowerGroup in 1993, and served as Vice President of Marketing and Senior Vice President European Operations and Marketing and Major Account Development. Joerres served as a director of Artisan Funds, Inc. from 2001 to 2011 and currently serves as a director of Johnson Controls International plc, and Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc.
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