Richard J. Smith Head of Corporate Finance, Tractus Asia Mr. Smith has 25 years of corporate finance experience in Asia and is particularly adept at sell-side deal structuring and transactions. Richard has and continues to work across a range of industries with a particular focus on cross- border transactions and bridging the gap between owner-entrepreneurs and corporate/financial/institutional investors. Prior to joining Tractus, Mr. Smith was a CFO of dwp, a multinational architecture and interior design firm with over 400 employees in 9 countries across Asia and the Middle East where he had both operational responsibilities as well a mandate of growing the business through acquisitions.  He currently serves on the Board of Directors and as Head of the Audit Committee for the company. Mr. Smith holds a BA in Economics from the College of Wooster, and an MBA and an MA in Asian Studies from the University of Michigan. [ Video | Presentation | Gallery]