Kevin Sneader


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

Early life and education

Kevin Sneader was born 1966 in Canada and grew up in Glasgow, Scotland. 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.
Sneader attended Hutcheson Grammar School in Glasgow and went on to graduate from the University of Glasgow, where he earned a Bachelor of Laws. He earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.

Career

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

Personal life

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

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 revealed that McKinsey's involvement in deportations had been more extensive than Sneader acknowledged in his email.