Sir Michael John Snyder (born 30 July 1950) is a British businessman and politician. He is Assistant Grand Master of the United grand Lodge of England, having previously been Metropolitan Grand Master of the Freemasons of London.

Business career

Snyder joined

Kingston Smith Moore Kingston Smith founded in 1923 is an Accounting, accountancy firm located in the United Kingdom. The firm has six offices in London and the south-east and is the London member of the Moore Global Network. In 2022, the Moore UK network ranke ...

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

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and has served as an elected representative for

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on the

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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 served as Metropolitan Grand Master of the

Freemasons Freemasonry (sometimes spelled Free-Masonry) consists of fraternal groups that trace their origins to the medieval guilds of stonemasons. Freemasonry is the oldest secular fraternity in the world and among the oldest still-existing organizati ...

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since December 2015., and in 2024 was promoted to become one of two Assistant Grand Masters of the United Grand Lodge of England.

Personal life

Snyder was born on 30 July 1950. He was educated at

Brentwood School, Essex Brentwood School is a Selective school, selective, independent school (UK), independent day school, day and boarding school in Brentwood, Essex, Brentwood, Essex, England in the Public School (United Kingdom), public school tradition. The scho ...

, where he is now a governor.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Snyder, Michael Freemasonry in England Councilmen of the City of London Knights Bachelor Living people People educated at Brentwood School, Essex 1950 births