Michael Minikes, Mike has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of J P Morgan Clearing Corp., since January 15, 2008. Mr. Minikes served as Chief Executive Officer of Bear, Stearns Securities Corp. and served as its President. Mr. Minikes served as Treasurer of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. Mr. Minikes served as Co-President of Bear, Stearns Securities Corp. He served as Treasurer of Bear Stearns Companies, LLC until January 2008. Mr. Minikes was instrumental in … both establishing Bear Stearns’ prime brokerage business in the early 1980s and in forming BSSC in 1991. In addition to his duties as Treasurer of the holding company, Mr. Minikes managed Bear, Stearns Securities Corp.’s corporate treasury functions globally, which includes global funding, funding/liquidity risk management, capital raising and capital allocation, asset/liability and balance sheet management, rating agency, bank and fixed income investor relations and transfer pricing/interest allocation within Bear, Stearns Securities Corp. He served as a Director of Custodial Trust Company and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.