Quotas are necessary to increase the number of women in management, Nancy McKinstry, CEO of Wolters Kluwer, said in a recent interview in a newspaper in the Netherlands. In the interview, she backed government-mandated quotas as the only way to improve the pace of the appointment of women in top roles.

Hutchinson and Bloodgood has named five new partners. The appointments were made in several practice areas in the accounting firm's offices throughout California.

H&R Block has named 10 vice presidents in what the company said was a move to pick new and rising talent to transform the organization. The executives were appointed in several operating areas of the tax services company.

Several were named in marketing: Angela Davied in corporate communications; Angela Meika Geisenn, media and channels; Tom Nolan, client experience; and Margaret Ostrowski, financial products and partnerships,

VPs promoted in human resources were Laura Klopatek, corporate human resources, and Sarah Wiltse, total rewards. In the United States retail segment, new VPs are Darren Haddock, Block Advisors; and Bill Lanza, in the retail west, market.

And the other VPs named were William Self, data science and analytics, finance; and Kristin Slepicka, corporate systems, IT.