Colin Smith

Colin joined Verisure as Group Chief Financial Officer in June 2023. In his role, he has overall responsibility over the company’s financial planning, capital allocation, tax, treasury, M&A and risk management activities. Colin also oversees our Supply Chain and Procurement functions.

Prior to joining the company, Colin spent 20 years at Sky UK & Ireland – one of Europe’s largest telecommunications and media companies. As well as serving as CFO for five years, Colin also led Sky’s Business-to-Business division. His experience at Sky was broad and focused on strategy, financial planning & analysis, M&A, as well as pricing, customer management, and go-to-market. During his career at Sky, Colin set up revenue analytics and cost transformation teams, both of which played a key role in driving both topline growth and profit.

Earlier in his career Colin led Finance and Corporate Development for OSN, the leading Pay TV network in the Middle East and North Africa.

Colin qualified as a Chartered Management Accountant in 1999.