David Smith is a Managing Director and co-heads the Capital Dynamics Co-Investment team. He has 20 years’ international investment experience. David joined GE Capital in 1990 and worked in the UK and the USA before joining GE’s European private equity businesses in 1996 where he became a Managing Director. After leaving that role in 2002, David first served as an adviser to AXA Private Equity and then established the European business of First Reserve Corporation. David has an MBA from London’s Cass Business School and holds B.Sc. and M.Eng. degrees from the University of Southampton. David is a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

Capital Dynamics

Capital Dynamics is an independent private equity asset manager and oversees over USD 20 bn of capital invested in over 600 private equity funds deployed with the world’s leading private equity managers. Having commenced operations in April 1988, Capital Dynamics has been advising institutional investors on their private equity portfolios for over 15 years.