Kevin Sneader

Kevin Sneader (born c. 1966) is a Canadian-born British management consultant. He was elected as McKinsey & Company's global managing partner effective July 2018.

Kevin Sneader
BornMay 5, 1966
Canada
EducationUniversity of Glasgow (LLB)[1]
Harvard University (MBA)[2]
OccupationManagement consultant
EmployerMcKinsey & Company
TitleSenior Partner and Worldwide Managing Director
TermJuly 2018 – Present
PredecessorDominic Barton
Spouse(s)Amy Muntner[3]
Children2
Parent(s)Walter Sneader[3]
Myrna Sneader[3]

Early life and education

Kevin Sneader was born 1966 in Canada and grew up in Glasgow, Scotland.[1] His father, Walter Sneader, was a chemistry professor at the University of Strathclyde; his mother, Myrna, was a teacher in a Jewish nursery school. He is Jewish.[3]

Sneader attended Hutchesons' Grammar School in Glasgow and went on to graduate from the University of Glasgow, where he earned a Bachelor of Laws.[1] He earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School,[2] where he was a Baker Scholar.[1]

Career

Sneader joined McKinsey and Company upon graduating from the University of Glasgow.[4] He was the managing partner of McKinsey's UK and Ireland division until 2014, when he became the chairman of its Asia-Pacific division.[2] In February 2018, he was appointed as McKinsey's global managing partner to succeed Dominic Barton in July.[2][5][6] Kevin Sneader is McKinsey’s first Scottish, and its first Jewish, leader.[7]

Personal life

Sneader is married to Amy Muntner.[3] Sneader lives in Hong Kong with his wife, Amy, and their two daughters.[7]

Controversy

In 2019, McKinsey & Company received criticism for its role as consultant to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. In a 2019 email to the firm, Sneader indicated that McKinsey had never focused on developing, advising or implementing immigration policies. McKinsey, he wrote, “will not, under any circumstances, engage in work, anywhere in the world, that advances or assists policies that are at odds with our values.” A subsequent New York Times investigation claimed that McKinsey's involvement in deportations had been more extensive than Sneader acknowledged in his email.[8]

References
  1. Jones, Stephen (26 January 2018). "Who is McKinsey's new global managing partner Kevin Sneader?". Management Today. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  2. Marriage, Madison (25 February 2018). "McKinsey names Kevin Sneader new global managing partner". Financial Times. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  3. "WEDDINGS; Amy L. Muntner, Kevin D. Sneader". The New York Times. October 22, 1995. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  4. "Meet our next global managing partner: Kevin Sneader". McKinsey & Company. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  5. Fuhrmans, Vanessa (25 February 2018). "McKinsey & Co. Names Kevin Sneader New Global Managing Partner". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  6. "MOVES-McKinsey elects Asia boss Sneader as new global managing partner". Reuters. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  7. "McKinsey's Kevin Sneader on rebooting the consultancy". Financial Times. 2018-06-24. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  8. MacDougall, Ian (2019-12-03). "How McKinsey Helped the Trump Administration Carry Out Its Immigration Policies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
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