Matt Snow has been appointed to the board of directors of First Citizens BancShares and its subsidiary, First Citizens Bank & Trust, effective Jan. 2, 2025.
For the past two years, Snow has served as chairman of the governing board of Forvis Mazars in the United States, a U.S. accounting firm that provides assurance, tax and consulting services. He also has served as the vice chairman of the governing board of Forvis Mazars Global, a global network of accounting firms, since June 2024. Snow is expected to retire from Forvis Mazars and the related board positions in May 2025.
“I am pleased to welcome Matt to our board of directors,” Frank B. Holding Jr., chairman and CEO of First Citizens Bank, said. “In his more than 30-year career, Matt has led and worked with clients ranging from start-up organizations to large national and global organizations. His considerable experience leading a top accounting firm as well as audits of a wide range of client businesses will provide invaluable insight to our board.”
Prior to his role as chairman of Forvis Mazars, Snow was a partner and served as CEO of Dixon Hughes Goodman (DHG), one of Forvis Mazars’ predecessors, from June 2014 to May 2022. Before Forvis Mazars and DHG, Snow served as an audit partner at KPMG, where he spent more than 20 years working with public companies in the financial services, manufacturing and restaurant industries. While at KPMG, he served a rotation in the national department of professional practice and was later named an SEC partner through which he served in a technical review role on public company audit engagements.
Snow previously served as the chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee of the board of directors of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and as the chairman of the AICPA’s major firms group. He also previously served on the board of visitors for the Wake Forest University School of Business and as the chairman of the Finance Committee of the United Way of Central Carolinas’ board of directors.
A graduate of Wake Forest University, with a bachelor’s degree in accounting, Snow has also completed Harvard University’s Executive Education Program, “Leading Professional Services Firms.”
Snow will serve on the joint audit committee of BancShares and First Citizens Bank as well as First Citizens Bank’s trust committee.
