David Smith

David is Echelon’s Chief Investment Officer, with responsibility for the Company’s capital markets activities across debt and equity raising, new acquisitions, and capital allocation. Prior to joining Echelon, David spent nine years at Starwood Capital Group, a global private investment firm, most recently as Managing Director and Head of Data Centres, Europe with additional responsibility for Starwood Capital’s cross-asset class investing in Germany. David was previously a member of the International Capital Markets team at Starwood working on structured real estate and corporate investments across Europe and Asia. David began his career at Citi, working in real estate finance and corporate & investment banking in Dublin and London.