David Smith BSc, FCA British, UK resident |
David Smith is a freelance lecturer and business consultant. He is an associate of the Ashridge Strategic Management Centre and runs many of their courses including Strategy and Finance. The centre is affiliated to the Ashridge Business School and is renowned for its research and leading edge thinking on corporate organisational structure and corporate strategy.
David is an authority on corporate finance, strategy, mergers and acquisitions and corporate investment decision-making. He lectures extensively at leading Business Schools and has run successful tailored seminars worldwide for clients from a variety of industries and also on an open basis for nearly twenty years. His specialist subject area is the relationship between strategy and finance and the ways in which operational management decisions can be enhanced through the application of these disciplines. His courses are consistently awarded the highest rating by participants.
Previously, David was a director of MDA, a management development and education consultancy, and headed their corporate finance division. Prior to that, he worked with the Royal Dutch Shell group as a senior manager having responsibility for advising on all significant mergers and acquisitions undertaken within the group on a worldwide basis. Based both overseas and in the UK, he also developed extensive practical experience of evaluating major investment decisions. David always brings his practical managerial experience to bear when designing and delivering his management development programs. David has co-authored the book ‘Smarter Acquisitions’ published by the Financial Times/Prentice Hall. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers and holds a BSc in Physics from Birmingham University, UK. |
