Sir Michael John Snyder (born 30 July 1950) is a British businessman and politician. He is Metropolitan Grand Master of the Freemasons of London.
Business career
Snyder joined
Kingston Smith
Moore Kingston Smith is an accountancy firm located in the United Kingdom. The firm has six offices in London and south-east and is the London member of the Moore Global Network. In 2020 the Moore UK network ranked 13th in the list of ''Accountanc ...
as a trainee in 1968 and became a managing partner in 1979. He played a leadership role in the company, becoming a senior partner in 1990. He stepped down from the board in 2016, but was retained as a consultant.
In 2015 he joined the board of
Metro Bank with a view to developing Metro Bank’s small business lending operations.
Political career
Snyder is a politician in the
City of London
The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the historic centre and constitutes, alongside Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London. It constituted most of London fr ...
and has served as an elected representative for
Cordwainer Ward
Cordwainer is a small, almost rectangular-shaped ward in the City of London. It is named after the cordwainers, the professional shoemakers who historically lived and worked in this particular area of London; there is a Livery Company for the ...
on the
Court of Common Council
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since 1986.
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He served as chairman of the Policy and Resources Committee from 2003 to 2008, as well as the Finance Committee, and the Barbican Estate Committee. He is currently the chairman of the Capital Buildings Committee. He was knighted in 2008 for services to Business and to the City of London Corporation.
Freemasonry
Snyder has served as
Metropolitan Grand Master of the
Freemasons
Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities ...
of
London
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since December 2015.
Personal life
Snyder was born on 30 July 1950.
He was educated at
Brentwood School, Essex
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, where he is now a governor.
References
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Freemasonry in England
Councilmen of the City of London
Knights Bachelor
Living people
People educated at Brentwood School, Essex
1950 births