David Smoot is Managing Director of Dubai International Capital’s Private Equity arm, where he is responsible for developing the firm’s growth strategy for the North American market in addition to expansion of the company’s portfolio there.

David has a 14 year track record in the banking and private equity industry. Of these, 11 years were spent at Morgan Stanley where he was most recently a Managing Director and co-founder of the Private Equity Group. He led portfolio investments in retail and aerospace and was primarily responsible for building a team of thirty five professionals in New York and London.Prior to that role, David was Managing Director, Financial Sponsors, at Morgan Stanley where he advised clients including Bain Capital, Blackstone, First Reserve and Warburg Pincus on M&A, IPOs, and debt and equity financings. Prior to his tenure at Morgan Stanley, David spent three years at Salomon Brothers, where he specialised in energy and chemicals investment banking.

He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Duke University and a member of the New York Bar.