
Description Mr. Snyder, President and Chief Executive Officer of TransAlta Corporation since 1996. Previously Mr. Snyder was President & CEO, Noma Industries Ltd., President & CEO, GE Canada Inc., and President & CEO, Camco, Inc. Mr. Snyder is a director of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Chair of the Calgary Stampede Foundation, and Chair of the Alberta Secretariat for Action on Homelessness. He is past-chair of the Calgary Committee to End Homelessness, the Canada-Alberta ecoEnergy Carbon Capture & Storage Task Force, the Conference Board of Canada, the Canadian Electricity Association, the Calgary Zoological Society, the University of Calgary Management Advisory Council, the Calgary Zoo Destination Africa Campaign and the Calgary United Way Campaign. Mr. Snyder holds a bachelor of science in chemical engineering from Queen's University (Kingston, ON) as well as a master of business administration from the University of Western Ontario (London, ON). He has honourary degrees from the University of Calgary (LLD), and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Applied Technology). He was awarded the Alberta Centennial Medal in 2005, and the Conference Board Honorary Associate Award for 2008 and in 2009 the Chamber of Commerce Sherrold Moore Award of Excellence. To view the detailed information, you need to SUBSCRIBE with us. |
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