Mark Smith

Mark Smith is a Principal of Data Analytics at Victory Park Capital (VPC). He joined VPC in 2018 and is responsible for creating and maintaining performance and risk management analytic systems to support due diligence, monitoring, reporting, and structuring across VPC Funds and their investments. Previously, Mark served as a consultant at Birch Grove Capital Advisors LLC, where he conducted data analysis and reporting, valuation, strategy, and financial analysis on behalf of financial services investors and clients. Prior to Birch Grove, he was an investment banker in the FIG group at BMO Capital Markets, where he specialized in modeling, valuation, strategic advice, and capital raising. Before BMO, Mark was a software professional at Misys (currently part of Finastra), where he designed, built, and managed large-scale implementations of enterprise financial reporting and accounting software systems for financial services and corporate treasury clients.

Mark received a BA in economics from the University of Michigan and an MBA (Hons) from Columbia University.