Kiel D. Smith

Kiel Smith serves as Senior Vice President, Information Technology & Internal Audit, General Counsel, & Corporate Secretary for Auria. In this role, he is responsible for the global legal function of the company as well as the management of the global Information Technology department and the Internal Audit function.

Prior to Auria, Smith spent five years at International Automotive Components (IAC), first as Associate Counsel and then as Senior Counsel. Among other responsibilities, he played key roles in the closing of numerous critical M&A and financing transactions at IAC. The most significant transaction was the successful launch of Auria, which was a joint venture formed to operate IAC’s soft trim business. The project spanned nearly two years and Smith was instrumental in completing the execution of more than 30 separate purchase agreements simultaneously across 11 different countries, together with multiple loan facilities, at closing.

Smith has also worked for a closely held investment company with a focus on transactions, corporate governance, and litigation. During law school, he interned with Judge Richard Speer in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio and with Judge Brian Zahra in his role as Chief Justice of the Michigan Court of Appeals (now sitting on the Michigan Supreme Court).