Smith was a certified compliance professional with the GRC (governance, risk and compliance) Institute and an internationally certified compliance professional with the International Federation of Compliance Associations.
The firm had also made two other appointments last month, Colm Moynihan as associate director of fund operations in Australia and Margaret Connolly as request for proposal (RFP) writer.
Moynihan joined from PIMCO Investment Management where he was financial reporting and tax manager.
He had almost 20 years industry experience, starting his career in Ireland before moving to Australia and joining Colonial First State Global Asset Management in 2014.
Connolly was most recently with Aberdeen Standard Investments for seven years as an RFP manager and also had 14 years’ experience in the technology industry.