__Keod McCaudif Smith, born in Nassau, Bahamas on 15th October, 1964, was called to The Bahamas Bar as a Barrister in September 1997 after having obtained his LLB Degree with Honours at University of Wales, Cardiff Law School in Wales, UK in 1994 and legal vocational training in The Bahamas during the intervening years and a well-established law firm in The Bahamas. He had previously graduated from Loras College, Dubuque Iowa USA in 1988 with a Bachelor Degree in Economics.

__Keod served in various managerial positions from 1982 when he graduated from High School in The Bahamas through to his call in 1997. After serving small stint with Research Division of the Central Bank of The Bahamas, he started a trade and investment consulting firm in relation to The Bahamas which took him to Japan for 2% years commencing in March 1990. He read writes and speak Japanese.

__In October 1997, Keod started the law firm of Commercial Law Advocates which, as it connotes, specializes in commercial litigation (banking, companies, contract, insurance, land, liquidation, securities, tort) as well as extradition and constitutional matters.

__In May 2002, Keodwas elected to The Bahamas Parliament where he served as a Member for 5 years. In August of that same year he was appointed to the Chairmanship of the Bahamas Environment Science & Technology (BES1) Commission (equivalent to the BPA in the USA) as well as Bahamas Ambassador for the Environment. He served in that post for 5 years as well.