Kraft Heinz Finds New Legal Chief at Food Packaging Maker

Multinational food giant Kraft Heinz Co. has hired Angel Shelton Willis as its new global general counsel and corporate affairs officer, effective Nov. 18.

Shelton Willis has spent the last six years as general counsel for packaging company Sealed Air Corp. She succeeds former Kraft Heinz legal chief Rashida La Lande, who moved in mid-August into the top legal job at cosmetics manufacturer and marketer Estée Lauder Cos.

Kraft Heinz announced late Thursday that Shelton Willis will bring “strategic vision” to a role that reports to Carlos Abrams-Rivera, who took over as chief executive earlier this ...