Paul Smith, CFA

Paul is founding partner at SustainFinance. Paul Smith, CFA, is former president and CEO of CFA Institute. Paul has more than 30 years of leadership experience in the asset management industry, including over 18 years in Asia. He joined Bank of Bermuda in Hong Kong as Asia head of securities services in 1996. After HSBC’s acquisition of the bank in 2004, he served as global head of securities services and global head of alternative funds administration based in New York, where he was responsible for the delivery of services to 2,000 investment funds with over US$250 billion of assets. Before joining CFA Institute in October 2012 as managing director for Asia Pacific, Paul was chairman and CEO of Asia Alternative Asset Partners. Paul is member of the Honorary Advisor Panel of the Financial Reporting Council of Hong Kong and a Member of the Products Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission. Paul holds a Master’s degree in History from Oxford University.