MoneyGram International, a global money transfer company, has appointed Aaron Henry as senior vice president, associate general counsel, global regulatory and chief privacy officer.

In his role, Henry will continue to build strong relationships with regulators around the world and communicate with lawmakers on matters that impact MoneyGram and money services businesses.

Henry brings to MoneyGram more than 12 years of legal experience in the global money transfer industry with Western Union. Most recently, he served as assistant general counsel providing counsel on money transfer, money order, prepaid and stored value offerings, Internet money transfer, new products and marketing for the Americas business. In addition, he provided legal counsel worldwide for data protection, privacy and information security issues.