In 2019, 14 Member States nominated 60 individuals to ICSID’s Panel of Arbitrators and of Conciliators.

Panel members are vital to the effective functioning of the international investment dispute settlement system. For example, appointments to annulment committees must be made by the Chairman of the ICSID Administrative Council from the Panel of Arbitrators.

With over 670 designees, the Panels also provide a diverse and qualified pool of arbitrators and conciliators for parties to consider when making appointments in ICSID cases.

Each ICSID Member State may designate up to four persons—of any nationality—to each Panel. In addition, up to ten persons may be designated by the Chairman of the ICSID Administrative Council. Each designee normally serves for a renewable six-year term.

From January 1 to December 31, 2019, designations to the ICSID Panels were made by the governments of Botswana, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Honduras, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Portugal, Qatar, Saint Lucia, Slovak Republic, Sudan, and Uruguay.

The names of these designees and the effective dates of their terms in office are listed below.

The complete list of the members of the ICSID Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators is updated on a regular basis and can be found here.

BOTSWANA

Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators
Designations effective September 23, 2019:
Edward William Fashole Luke, Athaliah Lesiba Molokomme, Sanji Mmasenono Monageng

DENMARK

Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators
Redesignations effective August 19, 2019:
Jan Schans Christensen, Per Magid*, Mogens Skipper-Pedersen, Jon Ulrik Stokholm

FINLAND

Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective January 31, 2019:
Carita Wallgren, Mika Savola

Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignations effective January 31, 2019:
Veijo Heiskanen, Gustaf Möller

Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective January 31, 2019:
Laura Halonen, Kim Talus, Patrik Lindfors

Panel of Conciliators
Redesignation effective January 31, 2019:
Antti Heikinheimo

FRANCE

Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective February 11, 2019:
Edwige Belliard, Carole Malinvaud, Nicolas Molfessis

Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignation effective February 11, 2019:
Geneviève Bastid-Burdeau

Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective February 11, 2019:
Roger Grass, Catherine Kessedjian, Franck Latty, Anne-Marie Leroy

GERMANY

Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective September 12, 2019:
Patricia Nacimiento, Stephan Schill, Franco Ferrari

Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignation effective September 12, 2019:
Sabine Konrad 

Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective December 15, 2019:
Joachim Knoll, Steffen Hindelang

Panel of Conciliators
Redesignations effective December 15, 2019:
Anke Meier, Sebastian Seelmann-Eggebert*

HONDURAS

Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators
Designations effective February 28, 2019:
Fernán Núñez Pineda, Ramon Zuniga Ugarte

Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators
Redesignations effective February 28, 2019:
Juan Arnaldo Hernández Espinoza, Juan C. Basombrío

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignation effective March 23, 2019:
Joongi Kim

NEW ZEALAND

Panel of Arbitrators and of Conciliators
Designations effective May 14, 2019:
Amokura Kawharu, Penelope Ridings

Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective May 14, 2019:
Peter Blanchard*, Terence Arnold

PORTUGAL

Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators
Designation effective March 11, 2019:
Tiago Duarte

Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators
Redesignations effective March 11, 2019:
Jose Miguel Judice, Dario Moura Vicente

Panel of Conciliators
Designation effective March 11, 2019:
Jose Robin de Andrade

Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignation effective March 11, 2019:
Fausto de Quadros

QATAR

Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective May 22, 2019:
Sultan M. Al-Abdulla, Mohamed Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, Ahmad Al Mana, Abdulaziz Qassim Al Mulla

Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective May 22, 2019:
Reem Al-Ansari, Mohammed Al-Khater, Khaled M. Al-Kuwari, Rashid Al Saad

SAINT LUCIA

Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators
Redesignation effective May 7, 2019:
D. Brian King

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Panel of Arbitrators
Designation effective December 27, 2019:
Stephen P. Anway

Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators
Redesignations effective December 27, 2019:
Peter Tomka, Václav Mikulka

SUDAN

Panel of Arbitrators
Designation effective April 4, 2019:
Awn Al-Khasawneh

URUGUAY

Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective August 19, 2019:
Paul Arrighi Bustamante, Fernando Jiménez de Aréchaga

* Pending acceptance