Jill Smith brings more than 25 years of experience as a business leader, including 17 years as chief executive officer (CEO) of private and public technology companies and over a decade as an independent director. Most recently, Ms. Smith was president and CEO of Allied Minds plc, a technology commercialization company, from March 2017 to June 2019. Prior to that, she was chairman, CEO and president of DigitalGlobe Inc., a global provider of satellite imagery products and services.

Ms. Smith started her career as a consultant at Bain & Company, where she rose to partner. She subsequently joined Sara Lee as vice president and went on to serve as president and CEO of eDial, a VoIP collaboration company, and of SRDS, a business-to-business publishing firm. She also served as chief operating officer of Micron Electronics and co-founded Treacy & Company, a consulting and boutique investment business. Ms. Smith has served as a director of Securitas AB since May 2025, Check Point Software Technologies LTD since November 2023, and MDA Space LTD since March 2021. She previously served as a director of other public and private companies, including, in healthcare, R1 RCM Inc. and Endo International.