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title: "H&R Block Adds Former Microsoft and Walmart Executive Alex Cook as its new Vice President of Small Business"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/94eae391-76e9-4df5-98e4-cbba6aeccb78
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20230303_hr_block_adds_former_microsoft_and_walmart_executive_alex_cook_as_its_new_v.html
category: "Business Services"
industry: "Business Services"
topics: ["Finance & M&A","People"]
published: 2023-03-03T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:02:36.630Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1551288049-bebda4e38f71?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# H&R Block Adds Former Microsoft and Walmart Executive Alex Cook as its new Vice President of Small Business

**TL;DR:** H&R Block has appointed Alex Cook as its new Vice President of Small Business, bringing experience from Microsoft and Walmart to help grow the company's small business tax efforts. Cook will help deliver tax services to small business owners.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2023-03-03. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20230303_hr_block_adds_former_microsoft_and_walmart_executive_alex_cook_as_its_new_v.html).*

## Story

"Every year, H&R Block helps small business owners with their taxes," said Khan. "It's important to small business owners that they get their taxes done correctly, and I'm excited to have Alex join us to help deliver tax services to even more small business owners. His expertise will help this area of our business, as we continue to find more ways to help small business owners."

Prior to joining H&R Block, Cook spent more than a decade at Microsoft, Inc. most recently serving as the Vice President of Global eCommerce where he supported global field leadership and operational functions of all digital stores. During this time, he oversaw site merchandising, site operations, localization and experimentation, in-country and local demand generation, as well as business development. Cook also held various leadership roles in merchandising and operations at Walmart Stores, Inc. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Oklahoma.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Business Services (sector)
- executive appointment (topic)
- Walmart (company)
- Microsoft (company)
- company growth (topic)
- H&R Block (company)
- small business tax (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20230303_hr_block_adds_former_microsoft_and_walmart_executive_alex_cook_as_its_new_v.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/94eae391-76e9-4df5-98e4-cbba6aeccb78).