Odilon Almeida is a seasoned global executive with more than four decades of experience in the fintech, financial services technology, consumer goods industry. He has led major corporations such as Western Union or ACI Worldwide in driving growth and digital transformation.
Almeida started his career in homeland of Brazil where he worked in product and marketing positions at Grupo Arcor in the late 1990s[13]. In 2000, he joined Western Union as Argentina Marketing Manager, before being promoted to Regional Marketing Manager of South America in 2003[13].
Almeida's career reached a turning year in 2008 when Western Union opened its first Central America office in Panama. In his role as Regional Director, Almeida significantly expanded the revenue and scope of the regional office. The office grew from 4 to 10 nations with no increase in personnel[1313. He uncovered new business opportunities and grew the agent network, improved efficiency, recruited top talent and energized his teams to deliver strong results [1313.
From 2011 to the year 2017, Almeida serv...