Sebastian J. Gunningham vs Devin McGranahan

Sebastian J. Gunningham

CEO of Remitly

BIO: Sebastian J Gunningham serves as Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of directors. Prior to joining Remitly, Sebastian spent more than a decade at Amazon as a Senior Vice President and member of the executive S-Team, where he led some of the company’s fastest-growing global businesses across marketplace, payments, search, and fulfillment. Most recently, he served as Chairman of Santander Consumer Finance and Vice Chairman of Openbank, helping shape Santander’s transformation into a digital and AI-enabled global financial group. He was previously CEO of Material Bank and Vice Chair and Co-CEO of WeWork, and earlier held senior leadership roles at Oracle and Apple. He holds a degree in Mathematical Sciences from Stanford University.

Devin McGranahan

CEO of Western Union

BIO: Devin McGranahan is President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of The Western Union Company, a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement. After more than 25 years of business and leadership experience, McGranahan joined Western Union as its CEO in late 2021. Previously, he was Senior Group President, Global Business Solutions at Fiserv, Inc. In that role, McGranahan oversaw the company’s global merchant acquiring and processing businesses. During his tenure he was responsible for the launch of the Carat enterprise merchant omni-commerce platform, the development and launch of the Clover Connect integrated software vendor (ISV) platform, and the launch and acceleration of Clover Business Solutions, Fiserv’s digital-direct merchant platform. These capabilities propelled Clover to become the largest cloud-based SMB merchant platform in the market and grew the omni-channel business to over $1 billion in revenue. McGranahan previously spent 20+ years at McKinsey & Co., where he served as a Senior Partner, engaging with leading financial services companies on a broad range of strategy, payments, and business-building opportunities. McGranahan also held a variety of other senior management roles at the firm, including co-leading the North America Financial Services Practice and being a co-chair of the senior partner selection committee. McGranahan holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.