JTC Group has appointed Ed Smith as a director in its US sustainability services team.
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Smith will work to broaden the scope of the company’s impact and sustainability offerings.
Smith has previously worked with JTC on a consulting basis, helping to strengthen its impact reporting for opportunity funds.
He has experience in leveraging public and private partnerships to promote social impact outcomes, such as workforce development and urban infrastructure improvement.
Smith previously served as the chief opportunity zones officer for the City of Atlanta’s Economic Development Authority. He developed and led the strategy for connecting qualified investors to entrepreneurs and real estate developers located within Atlanta’s most distressed communities.
He also served as deputy director of development and planning at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Development Corporation, where he helped facilitate New York City’s first EB-5 investment.
His work has been recognised in the US White House Opportunity and Revitalisation Council.
Commenting on Smith’s hire, David Vieira, group head of sustainability services at JTC, says: “His expertise in impact funds across multiple asset classes, public and private partnerships [as well as] promoting positive social outcomes through investment will help our clients achieve their commercial and sustainability goals.”
