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List of Members

	Prince Bola Ajibola (Nigeria) President and Judge of the World Bank Administrative Tribunal (Washington D.C and London); Member of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Arbitrator/Commissioner, Eritrea / Ethiopia Boundary Commission. Member, Permanent Court of Arbitration. Vice-Chairman of the International Court of Justice in The Hague between 1991-1994
	David Anderson (U.K.) Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Hamburg, 1996-2005. Listed as an arbitrator under Annex VII to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea with effect from 2005. Leader of UK delegations for maritime boundary negotiations 1982 – 1996.
	Harry L. Arkin (U.S.A.) Lawyer. Has served as sole and panel arbitrator or advocate in various domestic and international trade association, institutional and ad hoc arbitrations in the U.S. and worldwide. Serves as a mediator in commercial and construction cases as well as special counsel to law firms involved in arbitration, mediation and conciliation proceedings. U.S. State Department appointee to the NAFTA Committee on Private Commercial Disputes.
	Markham Ball (U.S.A) Lawyer. Former partner in various Washington D.C. law firms including Holland & Knight, and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. Currently Senior Fellow and Director of Alternative Dispute Resolution Center, International Law Institute, Washington DC. Has served as arbitrator under the rules of the American Arbitration Association, the International Chamber of Commerce, the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution and other institutions, as well as under the UNCITRAL Rules. Former posts include General Counsel, United States Agency for International Development.
	Andrew Berkeley  (UK) With a background in the oil industry, Andrew Berkeley has now practised as an international commercial arbitrator for twelve years in significant international disputes: both ad hoc and  under the rules of institutions such as the American Arbitration Association, the London Court of International Arbitration, the International Chamber of Commerce and the Geneva Chamber of Commerce.
	Giovanni De Berti  (Italy) Giovanni De Berti is a lawyer in practice in Milan. He has acted as attorney, party appointed arbitrator, sole arbitrator and president of arbitration tribunals in proceedings under the Rules of  various arbitral bodies including the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, the European Court of Arbitration and the Milan Chamber of National and International Arbitration. He is an internationally accredited mediator and has acted as mediator and attorney in institutional and ad hoc mediation proceedings.
	Lawrence G S  BOO (Singapore) Deputy Chairman, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), and District Judge, Singapore. Sat as arbitrator in more than 160 commercial disputes (more than 70% international arbitrations). Conducted arbitrations both locally and abroad under institutional rules of the ICC, SIAC, China International Economic Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) and UNCITRAL Rules, as well as ad hoc arbitrations. Has mediated over 60 disputes.
	David Branson (U.S.A) Lawyer. Associate and Partner, White & Case 1978-85.  Partner, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler 1985-96. Partner Wallace King Domike & Branson, Washington, D.C. until his retirement in 2006. Has served as Vice-Chair of the arbitration committees of both the ABA and the International Bar Association, and is on the faculty of the International Law Institute, Georgetown, Washington, D.C He has represented major multinational clients in arbitral forums around the world.
	Anthony Connerty (U.K) Barrister, Chartered Arbitrator, and Accredited Mediator. Counsel / arbitrator in major international commercial arbitrations in multi-million U.S. dollar claims – ICC, LCIA, AAA, LME and ad hoc (including arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules). Member of various international arbitration /mediation panels including the AAA’s ICDR, CIETAC, WIPO and HKIAC.  Counsel and Mediatior in domestic and international mediations.
	Johan Gernandt (Sweden) Lawyer. Chairman of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of the General Council of the Swedish Central Bank. Has acted as Counsel and arbitrator in a large number of international arbitrations (mainly East-West) under the rules of several institutes. Panel member of various international arbitral institutions including Beijing, Moscow and Kiev.
	Arthur Harverd (U.K) Chartered Accountant and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Member of various arbitration panels including the Hong Kong and Dubai International Arbitration Centres, WIPO, and AAA. Appointed as arbitrator on about 700 occasions since 1983 to determine UK and international disputes in various areas including franchising, investment and financial services, insurance and loss of profits claims, joint ventures, commercial contracts, and manufacturing.
	H.E. Ambassador Dr. Wafik Kamil (Egypt) Former Assistant to the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Minister Plenipotentiary and Deputy Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations in Geneva, and now Secretary General of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organisation (AALCO). Almost all the major States from Asia and Africa are presently  Members of  AALCO. Four Regional International Commercial Arbitration Centres have been established under the auspices of AALCO in Cairo, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos and Tehran.
	Alexander Sergeevich Komarov (Russia) International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Moscow, President (since 1993); Russian Academy of Foreign Trade, Moscow, Head of  Private Law Chair, Professor, (since 1988);USSR Ministry of Foreign Trade, Deputy General Counsel (1985-1988). Arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings (institutional and ad hoc) in Moscow, Paris, Stockholm, London, Vienna, Budapest, Warsaw, Sofia, Kiev, Geneva, and Zürich.
	Professor Dr. Ahmed El Kosheri (Egypt) Lawyer. Former ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice, a Member of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) since 1986, and Vice-President of the International Chamber of Commerce’s Court of Arbitration since 1998. Serves on the ICSID Panel of Conciliators and of Arbitrators.
	Philippe Leboulanger (France) Attorney and Lawyer at the Court of Appeal of Paris. Has acted as chairman, sole arbitrator, and member of numerous international arbitration tribunals in proceedings - both institutional and ad hoc - in areas including State contracts, construction disputes, and investment cases.
	Judge Thomas Mensah  (UK / Ghana) Thomas Mensah was the first President of the United Nations International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg, Germany. His contribution to the maritime field was formally recognised in May 1998 when he was inducted into the Maritime Hall of Fame in New York: his nomination was presented by Kofi Annan, the former Secretary-General of the United Nations. He sat as President of the Arbitral Tribunal in The Hague in proceedings initiated under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in Ireland v. United Kingdom (The “MOX Plant Case”)
	John Tackaberry QC   (UK) John Tackaberry has undertaken a wide range of work in the fields of arbitration, advocacy, mediation, adjudication and DRB. As well as work in the UK, he has a great deal of expertise in international disputes throughout Europe, the USA, the West Indies, Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, India and South America.  He is a member of, or has been admitted to the Bars of California, Ireland, Hong Kong (ad hoc), Malaysia (ad hoc) and New South Wales and is heavily involved in ICC arbitrations.  He has written and contributed to many books and conferences.
	Professor A.F.M. Maniruzzaman (Bangladesh) Professor of International and Business Law, University of Portsmouth. Honorary Fellow  Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee, Scotland. He has worked as an international arbitration law expert / consultant in high-profile ICSID and ICC cases and also as an International Legal Consultant to governments, state-owned enterprises, multinational corporations and multinational law firms.
	Professor Tang Houzhi (China) Honorary Vice Chairman of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) and Vice Chairman of the Beijing Conciliation Centre. Professor Tang has experience as sole or presiding arbitrator in over 200 international cases including arbitration under the Rules of CIETAC, HKIAC, KCAB, the International Commercial Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation, the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, and under the Rules of international commercial arbitration centres in Australia, British Columbia, Poland, Mauritius, and Slovenia.
	Jane Willems (France) Lawyer, admitted to Paris and Californian Bars. Former Partner, Lazareff & Associés, Paris and former Associate SCP J.C. Goldsmith & Associés, Paris. Counsel, Arbitrator, and secretary to arbitral tribunals in numerous arbitration proceedings: ICC, LCIA and ad hoc - including State contracts in construction disputes in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
	Xing Xiusong (China) Lawyer. Arbitrator on the panel of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC). Acted in arbitration proceedings before various international arbitration institutions – CIETAC (over 100 cases); Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (10 cases); ICC Court of International Arbitration; American Arbitration Association (AAA), Hong Kong International Arbitration Center; and the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association.