NEW YORK, Sept 10 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) is focused

on succession planning and has a cadre of "extremely" qualified

people who are prepared to run the company, CEO Jamie Dimon said

on Tuesday.

Dimon and his team spend a lot of time thinking about what

comes next after he retires, Dimon said, without giving a

timeframe.

"We all want to get that exactly right," he told pension

funds and institutional investors at a conference in New York.