---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-001709"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALIT"
cik: "0001809104"
company_name: "Alight, Inc. / Delaware"
filed_at: "2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T02:38:49.865339+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alight expands board, appoints Denise Williams as director; President & CCO Cathinka Wahlstrom departs

## Summary
- Board size increased from 8 to 10 directors; two new seats added via First Amendment to Investor Rights Agreement.
- Denise Williams (CPO at FIS) elected to Board effective Feb 3, 2023, as an independent director.
- President & CCO Cathinka Wahlstrom departed Jan 31, 2023; receives $700,000 bonus, equity vesting through Mar 31, 2023.
- Wahlstrom to serve as consultant through Mar 31, 2023 at $2,500/day (max 1 day/week) with advisory role.
- Company intends to further expand independent board representation in coming quarters.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-001709
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALIT
- cik: 0001809104
- company_name: Alight, Inc. / Delaware
- filed_at: 2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1809104/000095017023001709/0000950170-23-001709-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1809104/000095017023001709/alit-20230130.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Denise Williams was elected as Director at Alight, Inc. / Delaware.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board elected Denise Williams to the Board on February 2, 2023, effective February 3, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1809104/000095017023001709/0000950170-23-001709-index.htm
- Executive change
  Cathinka Wahlstrom departed as President and Chief Commercial Officer at Alight, Inc. / Delaware.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: President and Chief Commercial Officer
  source text: Cathinka Wahlstrom, President and Chief Commercial Officer of Alight, and the Company mutually agreed that Ms. Wahlstrom would depart the Company effective January 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1809104/000095017023001709/0000950170-23-001709-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Alight, Inc. / Delaware amended First Amendment to the Investors Rights Agreement with Existing Investors and the Sponsor Investors (effective 2023-02-02).
  - Action: amendment
  - Counterparty: Existing Investors and the Sponsor Investors
  - Effective: 2023-02-02
  source text: On February 2, 2023, Alight, Inc. (the “Company” or “Alight”) entered into an amendment (the “First Amendment to the Investors Rights Agreement”) to the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2021, by and among the Company, the Existing Investors and the Sponsor Investors (as such terms are defined in the Investor Rights Agreement) as of the date thereof
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1809104/000095017023001709/0000950170-23-001709-index.htm

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