H&R Block has named two senior executives. The tax services company has hried Julius Lai as chief product and experience officer and selected Les Whiting as chief financial services.officer.
Lai is handling all marketing, along with what the company said was “reimagining client engagement with a digital-first, multi-channel focus”. Whiting’s responsibilities are developing “a unified set of financial products”.
Lai was previously with AMC Theaters from November 2015. He was most recently SVP of digital and loyalty marketing from November 2018.
Whiting worked with Wave from November 2011 and remained with the operation after it was purchased by Block in July 2019. He assumed the position of chief financial services officer in February that year.
Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards. Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that. A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind
Last modified on Wednesday, 02 September 2020
