Her departure represents a nearly clean sweep of the top management in the last two years.CEO Russ Smyth joined Block in August 2008 while corporate contoller Jeffrey Brown joined in March of that year.
The heads of two major divisions left last year. Steve Tait was gone from his post as president of RSM McGladrey in April 2009 while Timothy Gokey, who had been president of retail tax services starting in June 2004, followed him out the door in May. The only named executive officer remaining who started before 2008 is Tammy S. Serati, SVP of human resources, who took her position in December 2002.
H&R Block CFO Quittng
Becky Shulman, the CFO of H&R Block is leaving the company at the end of the month. And while company didn't link her resignation to any factor, it said she was not leaving for another job and that it would like to expand the job of CFO to include operations. Shulman, who became CFO in March 2008, joined the tax franchisor in 2001 and the company credited her with helping build a strong financial position.
