A former student of the Ecole Nationale d'Administration, Jean-Yves Colin worked for the French Treasury, where he was Financial Advisor to the French Embassy in Japan (1987-1990). He then joined the Crédit Agricole Group, where he was Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the asset management subsidiary, now known as Amundi, and Director of Compliance for Crédit Agricole S.A. Since leaving the banking group in 2013, Jean-Yves Colin has joined Asia Centre, where he is a member of the Board of Directors and an expert on North Asia.