---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-005557"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IAU"
cik: "0001278680"
company_name: "ISHARES GOLD TRUST"
filed_at: "2022-03-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T00:40:05.121935+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# iShares Gold Trust sponsor appoints Shannon Ghia as Director, replacing Rachel Aguirre

## Summary
- Shannon Ghia appointed as Director of iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, effective March 2, 2022.
- Ms. Ghia is a Managing Director at BlackRock and Global Co-Head of ETF Markets since Jan 2022.
- Rachel Aguirre resigned as Director effective March 2, 2022; no dispute or disagreement cited.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-005557
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IAU
- cik: 0001278680
- company_name: ISHARES GOLD TRUST
- filed_at: 2022-03-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1278680/000143774922005557/0001437749-22-005557-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1278680/000143774922005557/iau20220307_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-005557
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-005557.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-005557.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Shannon Ghia was appointed as Director at ISHARES GOLD TRUST.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 2, 2022, iShares® Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), sponsor of iShares® Gold Trust, appointed Shannon Ghia as a Director of the Sponsor, effective March 2, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1278680/000143774922005557/0001437749-22-005557-index.htm
- Executive change
  Rachel Aguirre resigned as Director at ISHARES GOLD TRUST.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Ms. Aguirre resigned as a Director of the Sponsor, effective March 2, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1278680/000143774922005557/0001437749-22-005557-index.htm

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