Jean-Francois Minier is the Managing Director and CEO of the Asia-Pacific branch of Dresdner Kleinwort, a London-based investment bank. Mr. Minier first came to Japan in 1992 as an equity derivatives trader at WI Carr, and continued his work in Japan with Natwest Securities Tokyo, Morgan Stanley Japan, and Bankers Trust Tokyo. In 1998, Minier moved to London to begin his relationship with Dresdner Kleinwort, also in a derivatives trading capacity, before moving back to Tokyo in 2002 to serve as DKIB's Head of Global Securities.