Britton Smith has been appointed Senior Vice President of Electrification and Chief Strategy Officer, effective March 2022. Britton is an experienced executive with extensive consulting experience through KPMG and McKinsey advising Fortune 500 corporations in the Industrial, Manufacturing and Healthcare industries, focusing on strategy, revenue growth and operational improvement. In addition, Britton served in various senior operations leadership roles with international private equity portfolio companies.
Smith has over 20 years of leadership experience in public and private-equity-owned companies across manufacturing, industrial, healthcare, financial services, and services sectors. Most recently he served as director, Strategy and Deal Advisory at KPMG. Before then, Smith held various executive roles, including Chief Operating Officer at financial services company DFC Global Corp, and Associate Principal at management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
Smith holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering with Highest Distinction from the United States Naval Academy.