David Andrew Smith

David Andrew Smith (born March 5, 1952) is a former deputy director of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Washington DC. In 2010 he was named as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A successor was named in 2016. Previously, he worked as an award-winning TV correspondent with ITN and Channel 4 News. In January 2008, The Daily Telegraph identified him as one of the most influential Britons in America. Mr. Smith, a national of the United Kingdom, holds a Master of Arts degree in humanities from Lincoln College, Oxford University. He is married and has three sons and one daughter.

Awards International Reporting Award, Royal Television Society, London 1983 Gold Medal, New York Television Festival, 2000

Publications Mugabe, a biography, (Sphere Books, London, 1981) Prisoners of God, the Modern-day conflict of Arab and Israeli (Quartet Books, London 1987)