Donal Smith (CEO) explained

Donal Smith
Nationality:	Irish/British
Employer:	Credit Benchmark
Occupation:	Co-founder

Donal Smith is the co-founder of Credit Benchmark,^[1] a credit risk data and analytics provider, and co-founder of Camwell Management LLP,^[2] which invests in high-growth data, technology and information businesses. He was previously CEO of Data Explorers^[3] which was sold to Markit in 2012.^[4]

On 11 Feb 2012, Donal Smith was announced as a non-executive director of Trinity Mirror.^{[5] [6] [7]} He is also chairman of Selerity.^[8]

Before Data Explorers, Smith was CEO of Thomson Financial in Europe and Asia,^[9] Group Managing Director at the Financial Times^{[10] [11]} and CEO of .^{[12] [13]}

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120122111347/http://www.dataexplorers.com/about/management/donal-smith Chief Executive at Data Explorers
• http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=524522 profile at Bloomberg Businessweek
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120217214920/http://www.trinitymirror.com/2012/02/changes-in-non-executive-directors.html Non-executive Director at Trinity Mirror

Notes and References

1. https://techcrunch.com/2014/07/09/credit-benchmark-series-a/ Index Leads $7m Round in Banking Benchmark Startup Credit Benchmark, July 9 2014
2. http://www.securitieslendingtimes.com/securitieslendingnews/article.php?article_id=219762#.VPbotfmsUR Private equity firms acquire stake in Pirum, February 5 2015
3. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/088218fa-4d5e-11dd-8143-000077b07658.html Friends Reunited, Financial Times, July 9, 2008
4. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f8a5aaa-7cc7-11e1-8a27-00144feab49a.html Markit buys Data Explorers, April 2, 2012
5. https://www.independent.co.uk/i/matrix/the-business-matrix-saturday-11-february-2012-6715684.html Mirror loses a female director, The Independent, February 11, 2012
6. http://thedrum.co.uk/news/2012/02/10/data-explorers-ceo-donal-smith-appointed-non-executive-director-trinity-mirror Data Explorers CEO Donal Smith appointed as non-executive director of Trinity Mirror, The Drum, February 10, 2012
7. http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/nib-appoints-mullin-to-corporate-unit-3017428.html Donal Smith lands Trinity Mirror role, Irish Independent, February 13, 2012
8. http://www.finextra.com/News/Announcement.aspx?pressreleaseid=41870 Selerity elects Data Explorers' Smith chairman, Press Release, 7 November 2011
9. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/16/AR2008041603841.html SThomson Reuters Day One: Combined Company, New Logo, The Washington Post, 17 April 2008
10. http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/121740/Appointment-Financial-Times-Group/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH Appointment at Financial Times Group, Brand Republic, May 1, 1999
11. https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-19730006 FT Information quickens its pace; Donal Smith discusses the company/industry's future, Information Today, September 1, 1997
12. http://www.out-law.com/page-1370 The end of the road for eCountries.com? Out-Law, Jan 31, 2001
13. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/a-return-to-stupidland-ten-years-after-the-dotcom-boom-2227371.html A return to Stupidland: Ten years after the dotcom boom The Independent, February 28, 2011