---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-039510"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XBIT"
cik: "0001626878"
company_name: "XBiotech Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T11:27:45.293402+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# XBiotech appoints Angela Hu as principal financial and accounting officer, replacing Queena Han

## Summary
- Angela Hu, formerly Financial Controller, becomes principal financial and accounting officer effective February 10, 2023.
- Queena Han's employment as VP Finance and HR ended February 3, 2023; she receives salary through February 15, 2023 for transition.
- Hu's base salary increased to $200,000 per annum in connection with her promotion.
- Hu has been with XBiotech since 2015, leading quarterly close, SEC filings, and external auditor coordination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-039510
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XBIT
- cik: 0001626878
- company_name: XBiotech Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626878/000119312523039510/0001193125-23-039510-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626878/000119312523039510/d459776d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-039510.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Queena Han departed as Vice President, Finance and Human Resource at XBiotech Inc..
  - Action: ended employment
  - Role: Vice President, Finance and Human Resource
  source text: Queena Han, whose employment as Vice President, Finance and Human Resource ended on February 3, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626878/000119312523039510/0001193125-23-039510-index.htm
- Executive change
  Angela Hu was appointed as Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer at XBiotech Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: On February 10, 2023, Angela Hu, who presently serves as the Financial Controller of XBiotech Inc. (the “Company”), assumed the role as the Company’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626878/000119312523039510/0001193125-23-039510-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.