Managing Partner, Corinium Advisory
Managing Partner, Corinium Advisory
Profile
Robin Smith is a British software operator and board director. He is Managing Partner of Corinium Advisory and founder of Corinium Capital, and is based in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
He is a C-level technology leader with over twenty years scaling SaaS and enterprise software businesses from early stage to maturity across the UK, EMEA and the Americas. He has owned revenue and led go-to-market, operations, cross-functional programme delivery and M&A at companies scaling from Series A to the Fortune 500.
He has built teams from the first commercial hire to a scaled organisation, and built and led the first European presence for US headquartered software companies, from a Y Combinator startup through to a venture backed scale-up. Critically, he has operated across the full spectrum of ownership models: bootstrapped, venture backed, private equity owned and publicly listed. His leadership style is people-focused and pragmatic: set the vision, cut through complexity and deliver.
Most recently he was Chief Operating Officer of Regnology, the regulatory reporting and supervisory technology provider backed by Nordic Capital and CPP Investments. There he led due diligence and integration across four acquisitions, and supported the partial divestiture to CPP Investments.
Today
Three mandates through Corinium Advisory, plus the sector depth and the ownership vehicle behind them.
Embedded operating partner support for private equity funds, portfolio boards and software chief executives, owning a defined part of the value creation plan against a measurable target.
Operating partnerBoard appointments on B2B and vertical software companies, founder led through to private equity owned. Currently available for new UK board roles, normally on an annual retainer.
Board rolesBuy and sell side diligence on software assets for private equity funds, credit funds, lenders and corporate acquirers, plus single expert consultations for expert networks.
Due diligenceRegulatory reporting and supervisory technology, from his time as Chief Operating Officer of Regnology, plus two decades in enterprise SaaS and vertical market software.
Sector expertiseFounder of Corinium Capital, an operator-led acquirer of mission-critical UK vertical software businesses and the services they enable. Corinium Advisory is its advisory arm.
Visit Corinium CapitalThree models: ad-hoc day-rate support where experienced judgement is needed quickly, fixed-price scopes of work for defined outcomes such as diligence or 100-day planning, and annual retainers covering ongoing advisory and board appointments.
Track record
He has sat in the chair, run the team and delivered the number. Who will listen, synthesise, probe and prompt.The principle Corinium Advisory is built on.
FAQ
No. Corinium Advisory is the advisory arm of Corinium Capital, an operator-led acquirer of mission-critical UK vertical software businesses. Corinium Intelligence, Corinium Global Intelligence and Corinium Access are unrelated media, research and events companies. The similarity in name is a coincidence.
Yes. He takes non-executive director and Chair appointments on the boards of B2B and vertical software companies in the United Kingdom, normally on an annual retainer, across founder led, venture backed and private equity owned businesses.
Corinium Capital is an operator-led acquirer of mission-critical UK vertical software businesses and the services they enable. Corinium Advisory is its advisory arm, working with investors, boards, founders and chief executives on diligence, value creation and leadership transition.
Also from Corinium Advisory
Embedded operating partner support for private equity funds and software portfolio companies, owning a mandate against the value creation plan.
Operating partnerNon-executive director and Chair appointments on the boards of B2B and vertical software companies. Currently available for new UK board roles.
Board rolesBuy side and sell side diligence on software assets for private equity funds, credit funds, lenders and corporate acquirers, plus single expert consultations.
Due diligenceContact