Executive Bios

Pam Patsley

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Pam Patsley

Pam Patsley joined MoneyGram International in January 2009 as executive chairman of MoneyGram's board of directors and assumed the additional role of chief executive officer in September 2009. Patsley is an experienced executive in the financial services industry. After leaving KPMG in 1985, she was chief financial officer of First USA, Inc. and then became president and chief executive officer of Paymentech, Inc. until it was acquired by First Data Corporation in 1999. She then led First Data's global expansion, serving as president of First Data International until October 2007. Patsley currently sits on the boards of two other public companies: Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) and Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (NYSE: DPS). From 1996 to 2009, she served on the board of Molson Coors Brewing Company and its predecessor.

Juan Agualimpia

Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Product Officer

Juan Agualimpia

Juan Agualimpia joined MoneyGram International in March 2010 to lead MoneyGram's global branding and marketing strategy, including product management, advertising and integrated marketing. He brings to MoneyGram 20 years of leadership experience in marketing, brand management, customer relationship management and product development. Most recently, he spent five years with Newell Rubbermaid where he was vice president and general manager for the Art & Coloring Global Business Unit. His tenure with global consumer companies includes roles managing brands such as Listerine, Lubriderm, Schick, Trident, Halls, Clorox, Lysol, Woolite and Sharpie. Agualimpia holds a master's of Business Administration in marketing and finance from F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College and a bachelor's in Business Administration from Universidad ICESI in Cali, Colombia.

Jeffrey J. Allback

Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Jeff Allback

Jeff Allback was appointed MoneyGram's executive vice president and chief information officer in September 2012. He is responsible for leading the company's IT strategy and related functions, including Enterprise Architecture, Technology Engineering and Operations, Information Security, Application Development and the Project Management Office. Allback joined MoneyGram in April 2011 as senior vice president and chief technology officer, bringing a rich background of technical and managerial experience at prominent financial institutions, including American Express, AG Edwards/Wachovia Bank and Morgan Stanley. He has led several IT transformation initiatives, championed the integration of business and technology strategies, and implemented a wide array of significant improvements in productivity, quality and end user experience.

F. Aaron Henry

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Tim Everett

Aaron Henry was named executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for MoneyGram in August 2012. His in-depth industry experience, knowledge of MoneyGram and intimate dealings with regulatory and compliance issues are integral to Henry's leadership of MoneyGram's broad legal and compliance initiatives. Henry joined MoneyGram in 2010 as senior vice president, assistant general counsel, global regulatory and privacy officer. Prior to MoneyGram, he acquired deep industry knowledge during his 12 years of legal experience in the global money transfer industry with Western Union. At Western Union, Henry served as assistant general counsel and provided counsel on money transfer, money order, prepaid and stored value offerings, Internet money transfer, new products and marketing for the Americas business. In addition, he provided legal counsel worldwide for data protection, privacy and information security issues. During these roles, Henry worked in offices in France, Ireland and Colorado. Previously, he provided counsel at law firms in New Jersey and Denver. Henry holds a J.D. from The George Washington University Law School.

W. Alexander Holmes

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Alex Holmes

Alex Holmes was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in March 2012. He is responsible for oversight of all finance-related functions, close collaboration with the company’s business unit leaders, and the continued development and expansion of MoneyGram’s involvement with the investor community. Holmes joined MoneyGram International in 2009 as Senior Vice President for Corporate Strategy and Investor Relations. In this role, he directed MoneyGram’s business development, investor relations and strategic partnership activities. Having spent nine years at First Data Corporation and Western Union, Holmes has an extensive background in global financial services with in-depth experience in the money transfer and payments industries. While at First Data Corporation, Holmes held a variety of positions including chief of staff to the CEO, head of investor relations and senior vice president of global sourcing & strategic initiatives. From 2002 – 2004, he managed Western Union’s Benelux region from its offices in Amsterdam. Holmes began his career at the University of Colorado’s system administration office where he led a number of ERP implementation projects. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado having earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Accounting and a Master of Science in Information Technology.

 

Steven Piano

Executive Vice President, Human Resources

Steven Piano

Steve Piano joined MoneyGram in September 2009. He is responsible for all activities related to attracting, developing, motivating and retaining our diverse worldwide work force. He brings to MoneyGram more than 20 years of global human resources experience, most recently from National Grid, a multi-national utility company in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he served as the global lead partner responsible for all human resources activities for the global gas distribution, electricity generation and distribution businesses. Prior to that, he spent several years at First Data Corporation, a global electronic payment processing company with 28,000 employees worldwide, most recently as senior vice president of human resources for their International segment. Piano earned his bachelor's of Business Administration from the Hofstra University School of Business in Long Island, N.Y.

Carl-Olav Scheible

Executive Vice President, Europe, Africa and Emerging Channels

Carl-Olav Scheible

Carl-Olav Scheible joined MoneyGram in April 2012 as executive vice president, Europe, Africa and Emerging Channels. In this new position, he leads MoneyGram’s growth in Europe and Africa and also has global responsibility for expanding the company’s online opportunities and the formation of strategic global partnerships. Scheible is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of leadership experience in technology, financial services and payments businesses, with most of that time spent in European markets. For the last eight years, he has held a variety of leadership positions at PayPal, most recently serving as Managing Director for the UK & Ireland. Prior to this, Scheible was involved in a number of Internet and technology start-ups and started his career with the Boston Consulting Group and American Express. Scheible earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Relations from Michigan State University and a master’s of Business Administration from Columbia Business School.

J. Lucas Wimer

Executive Vice President, Global Operations 

J. Lucas Wimer

J. Lucas Wimer is MoneyGram's executive vice president, Global Operations. In this role, he leads the global operations teams, including consumer and agent service, call centers, operations for products and stores and global agent settlement. Prior to joining MoneyGram in 2010, Wimer spent more than 10 years at IBM Business Consulting Services, formerly Pricewaterhouse Coopers, where he provided management consulting, global project management and practice leadership in performance measurement, cost reduction, merger integration and restructuring to the financial services industry. He went on to lead corporate system management for Capital One and most recently was a principal at THL Partners, where he had responsibility for business transformation programs within THL portfolio companies. Wimer holds a master's degree in Business Administration from the Anderson School at UCLA and a bachelor's degree in English and Economics from Connecticut College.