Invesco CurrencyShares British Pound Sterling Trust 8-K, filed Oct 21, 2026
Invesco CurrencyShares British Pound Sterling Trust (FXB)
About this 8-K
Invesco CurrencyShares British Pound Sterling Trust filed this 8-K on October 21, 2026, reporting on events of October 19, 2026.
Invesco CurrencyShares British Pound Sterling Trust’s sponsor appointed Lori Anello as Principal Financial and Accounting Officer beginning October 22, 2026, after Kelli Gallegos began a leave of absence effective October 19, 2026. AI summary
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Effective October 19, 2026 (the “Effective Date”), Ms. Kelli Gallegos, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of Invesco Specialized Products, LLC (the “Sponsor”), which is the sponsor of Invesco CurrencyShares® British Pound Sterling Trust (the “Trust”), began a leave of absence.
On the Effective Date, the Board of Managers of the Sponsor appointed Ms. Lori Anello, Global Head of Operational Product Readiness, to serve as Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of the Sponsor, beginning October 22, 2026. Biographical information for Ms. Anello can be found below. There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Anello and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Anello was appointed to serve as Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of the Sponsor. There are no transactions or proposed transactions between Ms. Anello and the Trust that would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Lori Anello (45) - Ms. Anello joined the Sponsor in 2018 and has served as Global Head of Operational Product Readiness at Invesco Ltd. (since June 2026); Principal Financial and Accounting Officer–Investment Pools of the Sponsor (sponsor to a suite of currency exchange-traded funds) (since October 2026); Vice President and Treasurer of Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust, and Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (each a registered investment company offering series of exchange-traded funds, the “Invesco ETFs”) (since October 2026); and Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer for the Invesco Funds complex (since September 2023). In these roles, she leads end-to-end operational readiness for fund administration across mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, alternatives, and institutional mandates. She previously held positions at Invesco Ltd. as Director of North America Fund Treasury (June 2024 to May 2026) and Director of the North America Office of the Fund CFO (November 2018 to June 2024), and previously served as Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Vice President of the Invesco ETFs, excluding Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (December 2018 to October 2026), and of Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (December 2025 to October 2026). She is a Certified Public Accountant.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| INVESCO CURRENCYSHARES® BRITISH POUND STERLING TRUST | ||||||
| By: | Invesco Specialized Products, LLC | |||||
| Sponsor of the Invesco CurrencyShares® British Pound Sterling Trust | ||||||
| October 21, 2026 | By: | /s/ Adam Henkel | ||||
| Adam Henkel | ||||||
| Head of Legal, US ETFs | ||||||