---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-025692"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GLDM"
cik: "0001618181"
company_name: "World Gold Trust"
filed_at: "2023-09-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T21:10:27.745235+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# James Lam appointed to board and audit committee of WGC USA Asset Management Company, sponsor of World Gold Trust

## Summary
- James Lam, 62, risk consultant and author, appointed effective September 12, 2023.
- Lam previously served as Chief Risk Officer of Fidelity Investments and founder of ERisk.
- Lam has board experience at E*TRADE Financial, RiskLens, etc.; NACD Directorship 100 honoree.
- Appointment is to the board and audit committee of the sponsor of World Gold Trust, issuer of GLDM.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-025692
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GLDM
- cik: 0001618181
- company_name: World Gold Trust
- filed_at: 2023-09-12T23:59:59+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/1618181/000143774923025692/0001437749-23-025692-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1618181/000143774923025692/gldm20230822d_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-025692.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James Lam was appointed as Director at World Gold Trust.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective September 12, 2023, WGC USA Asset Management Company, LLC, the sponsor of World Gold Trust and its series, SPDR® Gold MiniShares® Trust (the “Sponsor”), appointed James Lam to the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of the Sponsor.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1618181/000143774923025692/0001437749-23-025692-index.htm

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