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 Officer

Juan Agualimpia

Juan 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. Juan 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.

Tim Everett

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Tim Everett

Tim joined MoneyGram International in January 2010 as executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, bringing more than 20 years of leadership experience in litigation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, securities laws and government relations. Prior to joining MoneyGram, Tim spent 16 years with Kimberly-Clark Corporation in various roles in Texas, Wisconsin and the United Kingdom, most recently serving as vice president and secretary. Before that, he was an associate attorney with Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P in Dallas, Texas. He holds a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law and a bachelor's of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of the Texas State Bar and a certified public accountant.

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. Mr. 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, Mr. 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, Mr. 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. Mr. 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 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. Steve earned his bachelor's of Business Administration from the Hofstra University School of Business in Long Island, N.Y.

J. Lucas Wimer

Executive Vice President, Operations and Technology

J. Lucas Wimer

Luke joined MoneyGram International in April 2010 to lead the global operations and technology teams, including consumer and agent service delivery, all call center operations, and development efforts for core products and the company's enterprise systems. Luke built his career over 10 years at IBM Business Consulting Services, formerly Pricewaterhouse Coopers, where he provided management consulting, global project and practice leadership in performance measurement, cost reduction, merger integration and restructuring to the financial services industry. He went on to lead infrastructure development for Capital One and most recently he was a principal at THL Partners, where he had responsibility for business transformation programs across the THL portfolio. Luke holds a master's degree in Business Administration from the Anderson School at UCLA and a bachelor's degree in Economics from Connecticut College.