Donal Smith (CEO)

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]

Donal Smith
NationalityIrish/British
OccupationCo-Founder
EmployerCredit Benchmark

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][9]

Before Data Explorers, Smith was CEO of Thomson Financial in Europe and Asia,[10] Group Managing Director at the Financial TImes[11][12] and CEO of eCountries.[13][14]

References
  1. Index Leads $7m Round in Banking Benchmark Startup Credit Benchmark, July 9 2014
  2. Private equity firms acquire stake in Pirum, February 5 2015
  3. 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. Mirror loses a female director, The Independent, February 11, 2012
  6. Data Explorers CEO Donal Smith appointed as non-executive director of Trinity Mirror, The Drum, February 10, 2012
  7. Donal Smith lands Trinity Mirror role, Irish Independent, February 13, 2012
  8. Selerity Launches Ultra-Low-Latency, Machine-Readable Event Data Platform, Business Wire, 8 March 2010
  9. Selerity elects Data Explorers' Smith chairman, Press Release, 7 November 2011
  10. SThomson Reuters Day One: Combined Company, New Logo, The Washington Post, 17 April 2008
  11. Appointment at Financial Times Group, Brand Republic, May 1, 1999
  12. FT Information quickens its pace; Donal Smith discusses the company/industry's future, Information Today, September 1, 1997
  13. The end of the road for eCountries.com? Out-Law, Jan 31, 2001
  14. A return to Stupidland: Ten years after the dotcom boom The Independent, February 28, 2011
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