In fiscal year 2023, 15 Member States nominated 63 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 Chair of the ICSID Administrative Council from the Panel of Arbitrators. With over 700 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 Chair of the ICSID Administrative Council. Each designee normally serves for a renewable six-year term.
From July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023, designations to the ICSID Panels were made by the governments of Angola, Canada, Ecuador, Italy, Iceland, Kenya, Moldova, Montenegro, Nigeria, North Macedonia, San Marino, Slovak Republic, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, 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.
ANGOLA
Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective January 27, 2023
Carlos Maria da Silva Feijó, Lino Diamvutu, Sofia Maia do Vale, Itweva Nogueira
CANADA
Panel of Conciliators
Designation effective September 27, 2022:
Sophie Nappert
ECUADOR
Panel of Arbitrators
Designation effective November 7, 2022:
Edgar Neira Orellana
ITALY
Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignation effective January 18, 2023:
Luca G. Radicati di Brozolo
Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective January 18, 2023:
Carlo Ferdinando Emanuele, Maria Chiara Malaguti, Attila Massimiliano Tanzi
Panel of Conciliators
Redesignation effective January 18, 2023:
Anna De Luca
Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective January 18, 2023:
Andrea Bandini, Cecilia Carrara, Giacomo Rojas Elgueta
ICELAND
Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators
Redesignations effective November 10, 2022:
Thordis Ingadottir, Finnur Magnússon,
Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators
Designations effective November 10, 2022:
Anna Jóhannsdóttir, Róbert R. Spanó
KENYA
Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective September 19, 2022:
Githu Muigai, John Ohaga, Kamau Karori, Arthur Konye Igeria
Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective September 19, 2022:
Wanjiru Karanja, Grace Nzioka, Eunice Lumallas, Cavin M. Nyachoti
MOLDOVA
Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators
Redesignation effective December 30, 2022:
Mihail Buruiană
Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators
Designation effective December 30, 2022:
Lilia Gribincea
Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignation effective December 30, 2022:
Mark A. Meyer
Panel of Arbitrators
Designation effective December 30, 2022:
Matías Mori Arellano
Panel of Conciliators
Redesignation effective December 30, 2022:
Victor Burac
Panel of Conciliators
Designation effective December 30, 2022:
Octavian Cazac
MONTENEGRO
Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective July 29, 2022:
Maja Kostić Mandić, Jorge E. Viñuales, Ema Vidak Gojković, Aleksandar Durišić
NIGERIA
Panel of Arbitrators
Designation effective January 27, 2023:
Adedoyin O. Rhodes-Vivour
Panel of Arbitrators
Designation effective March 30, 2023:
Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau*
Panel of Conciliators
Designation effective March 30, 2023:
Taiwo Akinola Abidogun
NORTH MACEDONIA
Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators
Designations effective June 9, 2023:
Fatmir Bytqi, Nikola Lazarov*, Toni Deskoski
Panel of Arbitrators
Designation effective June 9, 2023:
Damien Nyer
Panel of Conciliators
Designation effective June 9, 2023:
Stojne Danilova Ivanoski
SAN MARINO
Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators
Designations effective April 4, 2023:
Michele Potestà, Giovanni Zarra
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignation effective January 31, 2023
David A. Pawlak
Panel of Conciliators
Redesignations effective January 31, 2023
Stephen P. Anway, Constantinos Salonidis
UGANDA
Panel of Arbitrators
Designation effective March 1, 2023:
Chrispas Nyombi
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignations effective April 7, 2023:
Hassan Arab, Abdulla Mohammed Al-Yousuf
Panel of Arbitrators
Designation effective April 7, 2023:
Hamad Ibrahim Alustath
Panel of Conciliators
Redesignations effective April 7, 2023:
Abdul Wahid Al Ulama, Abdullah Ibrahim Al Muhairi*, Ahmed M. Al Mutawa
Panel of Conciliators
Designation effective April 7, 2023:
Shamlan Al Sawalehi
URUGUAY
Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective February 8, 2023:
Carlos Brandes, Analía González Rivero
Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective February 8, 2023:
Carlos Mata Prata, Álvaro Hansen Amestoy
Panel of Conciliators
Redesignations effective February 8, 2023:
Ricardo Olivera García, María Carolina Asuaga Taran
* Pending acceptance