Tributes have been paid to Nick Smith, CEO of Elonex, who has died suddenly.

Elonex is a Birmingham-based manufacturer of LED display systems and an influential UK digital outdoor media owner.

A spokesman for the company described Smith as an ‘extraordinary leader, a loyal friend, and an inspirational presence’ and added: “His passion, integrity, and vision shaped our business and touched countless lives.”

Investor Shaf Rasul, chairman of SRA Ventures, said: “Nick was a rare kind of leader. Sharp, principled, and genuinely human. You could feel his energy in everything he built, and in the way he treated people.”