---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001325878-24-000267"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001325878"
company_name: "Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka"
filed_at: "2024-11-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T18:43:12.401841+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FHLBank Topeka appoints Philip Bacchus as Principal Financial Officer

## Summary
- Philip Bacchus named Principal Financial Officer effective Dec 1, 2024.
- Bacchus, previously SVP/CFO since Aug 2024, succeeds Amy Crouch as interim PFO.
- Compensation unchanged; no transactions or family relationships with directors reported.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001325878-24-000267
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001325878
- company_name: Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka
- filed_at: 2024-11-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1325878/000132587824000267/0001325878-24-000267-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1325878/000132587824000267/fhlbt-20241122.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Philip Bacchus was appointed as Principal Financial Officer at Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Principal Financial Officer
  source text: On November 22, 2024, FHLBank appointed Philip Bacchus as Principal Financial Officer of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka (“FHLBank”), effective December 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1325878/000132587824000267/0001325878-24-000267-index.htm
- Executive change
  Amy Crouch changed role as Interim Principal Financial Officer at Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka.
  - Action: will no longer serve
  - Role: Interim Principal Financial Officer
  source text: As of Mr. Bacchus’ appointment, Amy Crouch, FHLBank’s Chief Accounting Officer, will no longer serve as FHLBank’s Interim Principal Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1325878/000132587824000267/0001325878-24-000267-index.htm

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