$30.7 billion Alcoa has appointed Kurt Waldo as vice president and general counsel. In this new role, he is responsible for leading Alcoa’s global legal team, crafting the company’s legal strategies, enabling business transactions and managing internal and external legal resources.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...