Dominic Johnson, Baron Johnson of Lainston CBE, was appointed minister of state in the Department for Business and Trade on 7 February 2023. He was previously minister of state (minister for investment) in the Department for International Trade between 24 November 2022 and 7 February 2023. He has spent over 25 years in financial services, beginning his career at Robert Fleming in 1995, before moving to Hong Kong to work for Jardine Fleming and then in 2002, after a series of dot com start ups, heading the marketing for Lloyd George Asset Management – an emerging markets specialist firm.