David Smith is currently in real estate capital markets and investments with Whitman Peterson. Prior he was a Senior Director at RobertDouglas, a boutique real estate investment banking firm focused on the debt and equity capitalization of real estate assets and operating businesses in the hospitality sector. During his five years at RobertDouglas, including postings in New York City and Los Angeles, David advised on over $1billion of hotel financing assignments, representing leading ownership groups in North America, Europe and Australia.

Prior to joining RobertDouglas in 2014, Mr. Smith was a credit analyst covering corporate structured finance at Macquarie Group in New York City, where he was involved in over $500 million of transactions.

David is a graduate of the Master of Management in Hospitality program at Cornell University. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Sydney and has also studied at the HKUST Business School in Hong Kong. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute and the Cornell Hotel Society