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Alessandro is the Regional Vice President Finance for EMEA for Western Union. In this role he acts as key financial advisor and strategic partner to senior regional leaders, linking business strategies to financial objectives. He is responsible for leading the financial planning, analysis, and providing detailed analytics and consolidated insights on financial performance, trends, and forecasts to effectively support diverse markets and agents / partners. Alessandro has over 25 years of experience in all aspects of finance including budgeting, controlling, accounting, strategy, pricing and business analysis within multimillion global businesses. Alessandro qualified as Chartered Certified Accountant and was member of the association until 2023. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Business Analysis from the University of Wolverhampton.

Nogay is the General Manager for Western Union Turkey. In this role he is responsible for all aspects of management of the Western Union’s local Payment Institution, a licensed company in Turkey. He leads respective teams to form and execute the strategy to link customer expectations with the company resources to deliver products, services to achieve financial objectives of the company. Nogay has more than 25 years of experience. He started his career in Marketing at FMCG working for Kraft Jacobs Suchard, joined Western Union in 2002 where he gained experience in Remittance business, being the Head of various countries and regions such as Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Cyprus North, Bulgaria, Adriatic and the ex-Yugoslavia region. Nogay holds a Master of Business Administration from Suffolk University in Boston and a Bachelor of Science in Tourism & Hotel Management from Bilkent Universty in Ankara.

Aamir is the Regional Vice President, AML Compliance for EMEA for Western Union. In this role he is responsible for the management of all compliance issues in the region. Prior to joining Western Union, Aamir was the Head of Financial Crimes for EMEA / UK MLRO for Stripe, the Regional Head for the US Law Compliance Program for ASEAN and South Asia for Standard Chartered Bank, and the Head of Financial Crimes for the Middle East and North Africa (excluding the UAE) for Standard Chartered Bank. Aamir has also led financial management teams for Expedia and Boeing; and spent nine years working in the U.S. government. Aamir has an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the Johns Hopkins University and a Masters in International Policy and Practice from George Washington University.

Serkan is the Deputy General Manager for Western Union Turkey. In this role he is responsible for sales and business development activities of the Western Union’s local company licensed in Turkey. Serkan started his career in banking at treasury dept. of HSBC (then Midlandbank), then continued in marketing at Avea /a Telecom Italia JV in Turkey for 5 years. Then joined Western Union where he developed 19 years of experience in various aspects of remittance business, being senior manager responsible for business development in countries and regions in Southeast Europe region. Serkan holds Executive MBA from Bosphorus University and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Koç Universty in Istanbul.

Egemen is Risk Manager and Compliance Officer for Western Union Turkey. In his role, he manages all risk and compliance matters in line with local regulatory and global Western Union policy requirements. Egemen started his career as auditor at Akbank and then took various roles as Head of Major Investigations at HSBC and Head of Compliance at Ashmore Asset Management and HBL Turkey. Egemen holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Busines Administration and Economics from Koc University and MBA degree from University of Virginia.

Cihan Ali Erdogan is a finance professional with extensive experience in audit, internal control, compliance, and risk management. Since 2022, he has been serving as the Internal Control Senior Manager at Western Union. He leads efforts to enhance the efficiency of internal control processes and contributes to the development of compliance and risk management strategies. Previously, Cihan held key leadership roles in the banking and leasing sectors, where he ensured the effective implementation of internal control and compliance processes. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Middle East Technical University and a master’s degree in Economics and Finance from Boğazici University. In addition to being a certified CIA and CISA professional, he also holds the Capital Market Activities Level 3 License and the Derivative Instruments License.