Florian Schmidt has been professionally involved in Asia's debt capital markets since 1993. Responsible for the origination and execution of a large number of bond issues - public and private, 'plain vanilla' and structured - for Asian issuers in the international and most local markets, he worked with Deutsche Bank, Nomura and HSBC in the past. His current assignment is Principal, Asia Debt Capital Markets with Bank of America.

When this book was written Florian spent one and a half years with the editorial team of IFR Asia, covering secondary bond trading, syndicated loans and distressed debt. The assignment allowed him to conduct valuable market research and interviews with top decison makers in the region's financial markets.

Florian holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Munster/Germany.