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Stephen G. Snyder joined TransAlta Corporation in September 1996 as President & Chief Executive Officer.
Prior to joining TransAlta, Mr. Snyder had a successful career with Noma Industries Limited and General Electric Corporation in Canada and Belgium. As President & Chief Executive Officer of Noma Industries Limited from 1992 until 1996, Mr. Snyder advanced the company from a largely Canadian consumer products manufacturing company to a North American industrial products company. As Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of GE Canada Inc., Mr. Snyder continued with the transformation of GE’s Canadian based businesses into global competitors.
Between 1978 and 1992, Mr. Snyder held a variety of key positions with General Electric Corporation, including Managing Director, Eurolec plc in Brussels (1991-1992), President & Chief Executive Officer of Camco Inc. (1989-1991), Vice-President and General Manager, GE Lighting Canada (1986-1989), after a series of increasingly responsible positions in the marketing division at Camco Inc.
Mr. Snyder has a bachelor of science in chemical engineering from Queen’s University and a master of business administration from the University of Western Ontario. In addition, he has honorary degrees from the University of Calgary (LLD), and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (bachelor of applied technology).
He is a Director of TransAlta Corporation and CIBC. He is Chair of The Conference Board of Canada, Chair of theCalgary Stampede Foundation, a Trustee of The Conference Board (U.S.), and a Director of the Calgary Exhibition & Stampede. Mr. Snyder is a past chair of the Calgary Zoological Society (2002-2006), the Canadian Electrical Association (2002), the United Way Campaign of Calgary & Area (2001) and the Calgary Zoo’s Destination Africa capital campaign (2003). In 2005, he was awarded the Alberta Centennial medal. | 