In 2022, 16 ICSID Member States nominated 57 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 730 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 January 1 to December 31, 2022, designations to the ICSID Panels were made by the governments of Belgium, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Ecuador, Iceland, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Montenegro, Panama, Romania, San Marino, and Saudi Arabia. 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.

BELGIUM

Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignation effective April 5, 2022:
Bernard Hanotiau

Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective April 5, 2022:
Guy Block, Yannick Radi

Panel of Conciliators
Redesignations effective April 5, 2022:
Nicolas Angelet, Herman Verbist, Freya Baetens

CABO VERDE

Panel of Arbitrators
Designation effective May 17, 2022:
Hélio Sanches

CAMBODIA

Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators
Redesignation and designation effective March 30, 2022:
Hamid G. Gharavi

CAMEROON

Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignations effective May 16, 2022:
Gaston Kenfack Douajni, Mougnal Sidi

Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective May 16, 2022:
Sylvie Ivonne Bebohi Ebongo, Roger Synphorien Bafakan Behalal

Panel of Conciliators
Redesignations effective May 16, 2022:
Brigitte Ada Nnengue, Fadimatou Hayatou*

Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective May 16, 2022:
Jean Bosco Essoh, Benoit Placide Mevoua

CANADA

Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective March 9, 2022:
Andrea Kay Bjorklund, Beverley McLachlin

Panel of Conciliators
Designation effective September 27, 2022:
Sophie Nappert

ECUADOR

Panel of Arbitrators
Designation effective November 7, 2022:
Edgar Neira Orellana

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

JAPAN

Panel of Arbitrators
Designation effective January 28, 2022:
Yuka Fukunaga

KENYA

Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective September 19, 2022:
Kamau Karori, Githu Muigai, John Ohaga

Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective September 19, 2022:
Wanjiru Karanja, Eunice Lumallas, Cavin M. Nyachoti, Grace Nzioka

KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective June 20, 2022:
Sergey Alekhin, Aiaz Baetov, Nurbek Sabirov, Roland Ziadé

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 Conciliators
Redesignation effective December 30, 2022:
Victor Burac

Panel of Conciliators
Designation effective December 30, 2022:
Octavian Cazac

Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignation effective December 30, 2022:
Mark A. Meyer

Panel of Arbitrators
Designation effective December 30, 2022:
Matías Mori Arellano

MONTENEGRO

Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective July 29, 2022:
Aleksandar Durišić, Ema Vidak Gojković, Maja Kostić Mandić, Jorge E. Viñuales

PANAMA

Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators
Designations effective March 18, 2022:
Carlos Alberto Arrue Montenegro, Katherine Gonzalez Arrocha, Miguel Angel Clare Gonzalez-Revilla, Margie-Lys Jaime Ramirez

ROMANIA

Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators
Designation effective May 30, 2022:
Dragos-Alexandru Sitaru

Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators
Designation effective June 29, 2022:
Cosmin Vasile

SAN MARINO

Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators
Designation effective February 24, 2022:
Chiara Giorgetti

SAUDI ARABIA

Panel of Arbitrators and Conciliators
Designations effective March 15, 2022:
Ziad Bin Abdulrahman Al-Sudairy, Majed Marzoq Alotaibi, Abdullah Saad Al-Saad*, Majed Handi Alsolami

* Pending acceptance