Donal Smith is the co-founder of Credit Benchmark,Index Leads $7m Round in Banking Benchmark Startup Credit Benchmark, July 9 2014 a credit risk data and analytics provider, and co-founder of Camwell Management LLP,Private equity firms acquire stake in Pirum, February 5 2015 which invests in high-growth data, technology and information businesses. He was previously CEO of Data ExplorersFriends Reunited, Financial Times, July 9, 2008 which was sold to Markit in 2012.https://www.ft.com/content/8f8a5aaa-7cc7-11e1-8a27-00144feab49a Markit buys Data Explorers, April 2, 2012
On 11 Feb 2012, Donal Smith was announced as a non-executive director of Trinity Mirror.Mirror loses a female director, The Independent, February 11, 2012Data Explorers CEO Donal Smith appointed as non-executive director of Trinity Mirror, The Drum, February 10, 2012Donal Smith lands Trinity Mirror role, Irish Independent, February 13, 2012 He is also chairman of Selerity.Selerity elects Data Explorers' Smith chairman, Press Release, 7 November 2011
Before Data Explorers, Smith was CEO of Thomson Financial in Europe and Asia,SThomson Reuters Day One: Combined Company, New Logo, The Washington Post, 17 April 2008 Group Managing Director at the Financial TimesAppointment at Financial Times Group, Brand Republic, May 1, 1999FT Information quickens its pace; Donal Smith discusses the company/industry's future, Information Today, September 1, 1997 and CEO of .The end of the road for eCountries.com? Out-Law, Jan 31, 2001A return to Stupidland: Ten years after the dotcom boom The Independent, February 28, 2011
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External links Chief Executive at Data Explorers profile at Bloomberg Businessweek Non-executive Director at Trinity Mirror