ICC Centre for ADR Standing Committee appoints new vice-president and members

Standing Committee President Victoria Orlowski (Of Counsel at Gibson Dunn, United States) and Vice-President Paul Tichauer (independent arbitrator and mediator, Canada) both have renewed mandates while Funke Agbor (Nigeria), a Partner at Dentons Nigeria who has been with the Centre since 2021, has been appointed as vice-president. Ms Agbor specialises in maritime law, insurance law, international trade law and arbitration.

The new members admitted to the Standing Committee are the following:

Selma Baccari (Tunisia, France), Senior Director at Kroll, acts as an expert witness and provides litigation and arbitration support. Her areas of expertise lie in damages assessment, financial auditing and forensic services. She speaks English, French, Spanish and Arabic.

Eric Franco (Perú) is Managing Partner at Legal Delta and acts as lawyer, arbitrator, and Dispute Board member. He specialises in construction and engineering and speaks English and Spanish.

Asya Jamaludin (Singapore) is Partner at CMS. Her specialities as lawyer and arbitrator lie in construction, energy, engineering and procurement. She speaks English and Malay.

Husni Madi (Jordan), CEO of Shura Construction Management, is a civil engineer qualified in law. He is an international arbitrator, Dispute Board member, mediator, accredited FIDIC Trainer, and member of the FIDIC Contracts Committee. His areas of expertise lie in construction and engineering, power plants, wastewater plants, marine ports, highways, renewable energy, dams, and hospital projects. He speaks English, French and Arabic.

Alya Ladjimi, ADR Counsel of the Centre, said:

"The Standing Committee comprises six women and seven men, reflecting a significant step towards addressing the underrepresentation of women in the ADR field. ICC is sending a powerful message to the Experts and Dispute Board community. The committee members bring extensive expertise in dispute resolution and avoidance, with specialisations in construction, engineering, energy, quantum and delay, joint ventures and corporate law. Their contributions will be crucial in advancing Expert determination and Dispute Boards as reliable mechanisms for avoiding and resolving disputes."

The Standing Committee supports the ICC International Centre for ADR in administering ADR cases filed under ICC Expert Rules and ICC Dispute Board Rules. This includes selecting experts and dispute board members and deciding challenges filed against them; scrutinising expert reports and reviewing decisions of Dispute Adjudication Boards or Combined Dispute Boards; and helping fix fees of experts and dispute board members.

The full list of members is the following:

Victoria Orlowski (United States), President
Funke Agbor (Nigeria), Vice-President
Paul Tichauer (Canada), Vice-President
Selma Baccari (Tunisia, France), member
Yasemin Cetinel (Türkiye), member
Eric Franco (Peru), member
Omar Isam Al-Taher (Jordan), member
Asya Jamaludin (Singapore), member
Xavier Leynaud (France), member
Husni Madi (Jordan), member
Ziad Obeid (Lebanon, France), member
Lindy Patterson (United Kingdom), member
Gustavo Scheffer da Silveira (Brazil), member

Discover more information on the Standing Committee here.