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