Biography

Marcel A. Snyman is Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Graham Holdings Company, where he leads the company’s accounting policy, financial reporting, and regulatory compliance activities across its diversified operations. Snyman joined Graham Holdings Company (then The Washington Post Company) in July 2008 as Director of Accounting Policy. Since then, he has served in roles of increasing responsibility, including Assistant Controller and Controller, before assuming his current position. Snyman began his career with KPMG South Africa in 1997, gaining valuable audit and advisory experience across multiple industries. In 2003, he moved to the United States and worked at Deloitte & Touche LLP as a Senior Manager in McLean, Virginia, before transitioning to the corporate office at Graham Holdings.

Snyman is both a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Chartered Accountant (South Africa). He earned his undergraduate degree in Accounting and Auditing, cum laude, from the University of Pretoria in South Africa, and holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Snyman is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), and Financial Executives International (FEI). Within FEI, he serves on the executive committee of the Financial Accounting & Reporting Roundtable (FARR) and previously served as an alternate member of the Committee on Corporate Reporting (CCR). He also contributes as a member of the Public Markets Advisory Committee (PMAC) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).