Darren K. Smith

Darren is the co-founder of 337 Frontier Capital, one of the largest institutional investors across Africa, and has been involved in frontier markets for 14 years. Prior to founding 337 Frontier Capital, Darren worked for The Rock Creek Group and helped established the Kimberlite Frontier Africa Strategy.

Previous to Rock Creek, he spent three years investing in Frontier Africa at Ashmore Equities Investment Management (US) LLC, where he was as a Co-Portfolio Manager for the Africa Emerging Markets Fund.

Prior to joining Ashmore, Darren spent five years in Dubai researching Middle East and North African stocks for Credit Agricole Chevreux as their Head of Research, Economist & Strategist.

Darren began his career as an investment banker with CIBC World Markets in Toronto. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Bishop’s University in Canada and is a CFA charter holder.