[1] Smith was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to the safety and security of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

[3] He is a regular expert commentator on Global Border Management and Security Practices in UK media and chairs expert panels on border and immigration conferences around the world including the International Summit on Borders in Washington DC with former US CBP Commissioner Rob Bonner[4] and at Secure Document World in London [5] He became International Liaison Director at Borderpol in 2013[6] but resigned in 2016.

Smith is the founder and chairman of the International Border Management and Technologies Association (IBMATA).

Tony Smith was appointed as a member of the Expert Panel to the Parliamentary Commission for Alternative Arrangements for the Irish Border in April 2019.

[7] In May 2020, Smith called for a program similar to Australia's Operation Sovereign Borders to reduce illegal immigration to the United Kingdom.