NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Travelex, a leading cross-border financial services and payments firm,
announced today that Tania Ali has been promoted to General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary for Travelex North America. Ali leads Travelex North
America’s legal team, overseeing the needs of the long-established
Retail and Corporate business units; alongside driving North America’s
fast-growing cross-border payments business.
Ali brings a decade of legal experience in financial regulations,
payments, litigation, product development and employment law. Prior to
becoming General Counsel for Travelex North America, Ali was Deputy
General Counsel for the region. Before joining Travelex, Ali was Senior
Legal Counsel at Adecco USA, Inc., She reports to James Birch, Global
General Counsel Travelex, and she supports James Hewitt, CEO of
Travelex’s North American business unit.
“I am delighted to confirm Tania’s promotion to General Counsel, North
America. Tania is an astute lawyer who possesses excellent commercial
skills. Among other achievements she has been instrumental in the
development and delivery of Travelex’s key business lines” says James
Birch, Global General Counsel Travelex.
On her promotion, James Hewitt, CEO of Travelex North America says,
“Tania is a thoughtful and inspiring partner who has been critical in
building Travelex North America’s payments business. She is
business-savvy and is driving our business forward along with our North
America senior leadership team.”
Ali holds a juris doctorate degree from Hofstra School of Law and a
bachelor’s degree in political science from The George Washington
University. She is a member of the State Bar of New York.
About Travelex
Headquartered in London, Travelex has a rich heritage in foreign
currency, pioneering the travellers’ cheques of the past and the digital
payments of the future. With a presence in over 27 countries, and over
1,200 stores at both on-airport and off-airport locations around the
world, Travelex has distilled its expertise and experience into a
platform that reinvents physical and digital cross-border money movement
globally to ensure its clients remain one step ahead of the competition.
The platform provides financial institutions with a trusted, efficient,
and accurate international money payments service, plus secure and
reliable banknote delivery of both major and exotic currencies.
A category leading independent foreign exchange specialist, the business
covers the entire value chain of the retail foreign exchange industry.
Travelex Group is also active in the remittances and payments space
enabling physical and digital cross-border money movement for consumers
and financial institutions.
Travelex is part of the Finablr network of companies. These
category-leading financial services brands meet the needs of consumers
through deep regulatory know-how, relentless focus on technological
innovation and a global network of retail stores, business partners and
digital channels.
Contacts
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