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Western Union CO

NYSE: WU. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.

US

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Alpha ID
alpha:company:1077b34e-197e-4fbf-a607-e9d93b6f208c
SEC CIK
0001365135
Record version
vpublic-1:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 22, 2026
Newest evidence
Mar 31, 2026
Monitoring
Not yet monitored Details
Integrity
Not yet signed Methodology
CEO
Devin McGranahanSince Feb 20, 2026
Chair
Not published
Independent
Not published13 directors published
Published claims
363 distinct sources
Evidence records
90 pinned
Source conflicts
0None open

Built from 3 distinct sources and 9 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.

CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed

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EXECUTIVE APPOINTED

Ben Hawksworth executive of Western Union CO, effective 2026-02-20.

EffectiveEffective Feb 20, 2026E3

Monitoring

Continuous

What the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.

  • Identityunclaimed
    Published
  • Evidencesource_reported
    Published
  • Evaluationnot_evaluated
    Published
  • MonitoringNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • AuthorityNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • Freshnesscurrent
    Published

Leadership

Evidence
RolePersonSinceStatusClaim
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating OfficerBen HawksworthFeb 2026currentSource reportedE3
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal OfficerBenjamin AdamsFeb 2026currentSource reportedE4
Executive Vice President, Chief Risk and Compliance OfficerCherie AxelrodFeb 2026currentSource reportedE5
President, Chief Executive Officer, and DirectorDevin McGranahanFeb 2026currentSource reportedE6
President, Europe, Africa, and MEPAGiovanni AngeliniFeb 2026currentSource reportedE7
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial OfficerMatt CagwinFeb 2026currentSource reportedE8

Board of directors

Evidence

13 directors published. Independence determinations are not published for every director.

DirectorStatusSinceCommitteesClaim
Angela A. SunIndependence not published2018Audit CommitteeCompensation And Benefits CommitteeSource reportedE2
Devin B. McGranahanIndependence not published2021None publishedSource reportedE2
Jan SiegmundIndependence not published2019Audit CommitteeSource reportedE2
Jeffrey A. JoerresIndependence not published2015None publishedSource reportedE2
Julie M. Cameron-DoeIndependence not published2023Audit CommitteeSource reportedE2
Michael A. Miles, JrIndependence not published2006Compensation And Benefits CommitteeCorporate Governance CommitteeSource reportedE2
Milind PantIndependence not published2026Audit CommitteeSource reportedE2
Notable Deep MrIndependence not published2022None publishedSource reportedE2
Suzette M. DeeringIndependence not published2023Compensation And Benefits CommitteeCorporate Governance CommitteeSource reportedE2
Timothy P. MurphyIndependence not published2020Audit CommitteeSource reportedE2
Union Betsy D. HoldenIndependence not published2006None publishedSource reportedE2
Union Martin I. ColeIndependence not published2015None publishedSource reportedE2
Union Solomon D. TrujilloIndependence not published2012None publishedSource reportedE2

Committees and risk ownership

Evidence
CommitteeChairMembersRisks assigned
Audit CommitteeNot publishedAngela A. Sun, Jan Siegmund, Julie M. Cameron-Doe, Milind Pant, Timothy P. MurphyNot described in the published record
Compensation And Benefits CommitteeNot publishedAngela A. Sun, Michael A. Miles, Jr, Suzette M. DeeringNot described in the published record
Corporate Governance CommitteeNot publishedMichael A. Miles, Jr, Suzette M. DeeringNot described in the published record
Committee RecordAudit Committee: Chair not stated; Members Angela A. Sun; Jan Siegmund; Julie M. Cameron-Doe; Milind Pant; Timothy P. Murphy
Source reportedE9
company:1077b34e-197e-4fbf-a607-e9d93b6f208c:committee_record:24
Committee AppointmentAngela A. Sun: member, Audit Committee
Source reportedE9
company:1077b34e-197e-4fbf-a607-e9d93b6f208c:committee_appointment:25
Committee AppointmentJan Siegmund: member, Audit Committee
Source reportedE9
company:1077b34e-197e-4fbf-a607-e9d93b6f208c:committee_appointment:26
Committee AppointmentJulie M. Cameron-Doe: member, Audit Committee
Source reportedE9
company:1077b34e-197e-4fbf-a607-e9d93b6f208c:committee_appointment:27
Committee AppointmentMilind Pant: member, Audit Committee
Source reportedE9
company:1077b34e-197e-4fbf-a607-e9d93b6f208c:committee_appointment:28
Committee AppointmentTimothy P. Murphy: member, Audit Committee
Source reportedE9
company:1077b34e-197e-4fbf-a607-e9d93b6f208c:committee_appointment:29
Committee RecordCompensation And Benefits Committee: Chair not stated; Members Angela A. Sun; Michael A. Miles, Jr; Suzette M. Deering
Source reportedE9
company:1077b34e-197e-4fbf-a607-e9d93b6f208c:committee_record:30
Committee AppointmentAngela A. Sun: member, Compensation And Benefits Committee
Source reportedE9
company:1077b34e-197e-4fbf-a607-e9d93b6f208c:committee_appointment:31
Committee AppointmentMichael A. Miles, Jr: member, Compensation And Benefits Committee
Source reportedE9
company:1077b34e-197e-4fbf-a607-e9d93b6f208c:committee_appointment:32
Committee AppointmentSuzette M. Deering: member, Compensation And Benefits Committee
Source reportedE9
company:1077b34e-197e-4fbf-a607-e9d93b6f208c:committee_appointment:33
Committee RecordCorporate Governance Committee: Chair not stated; Members Michael A. Miles, Jr; Suzette M. Deering
Source reportedE9
company:1077b34e-197e-4fbf-a607-e9d93b6f208c:committee_record:34
Committee AppointmentMichael A. Miles, Jr: member, Corporate Governance Committee
Source reportedE9
company:1077b34e-197e-4fbf-a607-e9d93b6f208c:committee_appointment:35
Committee AppointmentSuzette M. Deering: member, Corporate Governance Committee
Source reportedE9
company:1077b34e-197e-4fbf-a607-e9d93b6f208c:committee_appointment:36

Control and voting power

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Authority to act

Evidence and agent registry

Who can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.

Principal executive officerDevin McGranahan, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director, from Feb 20, 2026
Source reportedE6
company:1077b34e-197e-4fbf-a607-e9d93b6f208c:leadership_role:21
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
bind
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
agents
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
delegations

Financials and market context

Evidence
Security ListingWU (NYSE)
Source reportedE1
company:1077b34e-197e-4fbf-a607-e9d93b6f208c:security_listing:37
Index membershipsNo current membership is published in Alpha's tracked index universe.This is not evidence that the company is absent from every market index.
None publishedAs of Oct 22, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.

Governance and policies

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Risk, audit, and cyber

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

AI oversight and accountability

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Compensation

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Other published claims

Evidence

Published Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.

Legal NameWestern Union CO
Source reportedE1
company:1077b34e-197e-4fbf-a607-e9d93b6f208c:legal_name:1
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Source reportedE1
company:1077b34e-197e-4fbf-a607-e9d93b6f208c:entity_status:3

Not yet in this record

Coverage

A gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.

  • Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
  • OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
  • FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
  • CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
  • GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
  • Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
  • AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
  • LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
  • RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
  • CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
  • AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
  • Markets externalNot reviewed. Auditors, advisors, investors and regulators form the external ecosystem.
  • Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
  • Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
  • This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.

Subject and corrections

Public-role doctrine

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Basis
Published company record built from public sources
Sources
9 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
Never published
Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
Record claimed
No
Open disputes
0
Identity ownership
unclaimed
Claiming not yet available

If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.

Evidence

Authority and rights
  1. E1
    Alpha canonical company public projection
    Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 22, 2026. Cited by 4 Claims.
    Open web
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  2. E2
    DEF 14A wu4500131_def14a.htm
    sec proxy. Published Mar 31, 2026. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 13 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  3. E3
    WU 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 20, 2026. Retrieved May 5, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  4. E4
    WU 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 20, 2026. Retrieved May 5, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  5. E5
    WU 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 20, 2026. Retrieved May 5, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  6. E6
    WU 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 20, 2026. Retrieved May 5, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  7. E7
    WU 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 20, 2026. Retrieved May 5, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  8. E8
    WU 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 20, 2026. Retrieved May 5, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  9. E9
    Audit Committee
    governance_people_committees. sec proxy. Cited by 13 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned

What changed in version public-1:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

vpublic-1:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 22, 2026
  • Ben Hawksworth executive of Western Union CO, effective 2026-02-20.
  • Benjamin Adams executive of Western Union CO, effective 2026-02-20.
  • Cherie Axelrod executive of Western Union CO, effective 2026-02-20.
  • Devin McGranahan executive of Western Union CO, effective 2026-02-20.
  • Giovanni Angelini executive of Western Union CO, effective 2026-02-20.
  • Matt Cagwin executive of Western Union CO, effective 2026-02-20.
  • Milind Pant seat on Western Union CO, effective 2026-01-01.
  • Julie M. Cameron-Doe seat on Western Union CO, effective 2023-01-01.
  • Suzette M. Deering seat on Western Union CO, effective 2023-01-01.
  • Notable Deep Mr seat on Western Union CO, effective 2022-01-01.
  • Devin B. McGranahan seat on Western Union CO, effective 2021-01-01.
  • Timothy P. Murphy seat on Western Union CO, effective 2020-01-01.
  • Jan Siegmund seat on Western Union CO, effective 2019-01-01.
  • Angela A. Sun seat on Western Union CO, effective 2018-01-01.
  • Jeffrey A. Joerres seat on Western Union CO, effective 2015-01-01.
  • Union Martin I. Cole seat on Western Union CO, effective 2015-01-01.
  • Union Solomon D. Trujillo seat on Western Union CO, effective 2012-01-01.
  • Michael A. Miles, Jr seat on Western Union CO, effective 2006-01-01.
  • Union Betsy D. Holden seat on Western Union CO, effective 2006-01-01.
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