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Smith was previously employed at the Nedbank Group, as head of Governance and Sustainability as well as operational head of Enterprise Governance and Compliance within Nedbank's Enterprise Governance and Compliance cluster; as an associate in Edward Nathan and Friedland Environmental Law and Sustainability Services department; and as a risk manager at Standard Bank Group Risk Management.

He is previous co-chair of United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiatives Africa, a member of the National Business Initiative Western Cape Board and a trustee on the Table Mountain Fund.

Smith holds a B Comm Law (cum Laude); LLB degree (cum Laude); B Comm Honours in Financial Management (cum Laude) (all University of Pretoria) and LLM (University of South Africa (UNISA) - Environmental law, International Economic Law, and International law.