In the first half of 2020, 17 Member States nominated 70 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 638 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 June 30, 2020, designations to the ICSID Panels were made by the governments of Armenia, Bahamas, Chad, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Ireland, Kuwait, Latvia, Madagascar, Mongolia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Spain, and Sweden.

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.

ARMENIA

Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators
Designations effective January 24, 2020:
Grant Hanessian, Levon Gevorgyan

Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators
Redesignations effective January 24, 2020:
Yeghishe Kirakosyan, Thomas J. Samuelian

BAHAMAS

Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators
Redesignations effective January 15, 2020:
Bertha Cooper-Rousseau, Caryl Lashley, Rubie Nottage

CHAD

Panels of Conciliators and Arbitrators
Designations effective April 22, 2020:
Mbaigangnon Athanase, Stephane Broquet, Victoire Kolingar-Lhermenier, Yenan Timothee

GEORGIA

Panels of Conciliators and Arbitrators
Redesignation effective February 27, 2020:
Paul Friedland

Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignations effective February 27, 2020:
Rolf Knieper, Brigitte Stern

GREECE

Panel of Conciliators
Redesignation effective February 4, 2020:
Chariton Harry Kyriazis

Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective February 4, 2020:
Zoe Giannopoulou, Lazaros Panourgias, Aphrodite Vassardani

Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective February 4, 2020:
Nikolas Kanellopoulos, Glykeria Sioutis, Ioannis Vassardanis, Dimitris Ziouvas

GUATEMALA

Panel of Arbitrators
Designation effective June 25, 2020:
Julio Roberto Bermejo Quiñonez*

HUNGARY

Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective May 11, 2020:
David Kohegyi, Andras Nemescsoi

Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignations effective May 11, 2020:
Janos Martonyi, Attila Menyhard

Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective May 11, 2020:
Csongor Istvan Nagy, Katalin Raffai, Csaba Rusznak, Reka Somssich

IRELAND

Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective January 22, 2020:
Louise Reilly, Patrick Leonard

Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignations effective January 22, 2020:
Colm Ó Hoisín, James Bridgeman

Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective January 22, 2020:
Susan Ahern, Klaus Reichert

Panel of Conciliators
Redesignations effective January 22, 2020:
Ercus Stewart, Patricia Moran

KUWAIT

Panels of Conciliators and Arbitrators
Designations effective February 10, 2020:
Ahmed Ghazi Al Abduljaleel, Shahad Khaled Al Muhaini*, Abeer Sahib A. Al Rasheed*

LATVIA

Panels of Conciliators and Arbitrators
Redesignations effective February 24, 2020:
Inga Kačevska, Eva Kalniņa, Mārtiņš Paparinskis, Ziedonis Ūdris

MADAGASCAR

Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators
Designations effective June 2, 2020:
Lalaoniaina Odile Andrianarisoa, Raphael Jakoba, Josiane Marie Chantal Razafinarivo, Rivoniaina Razafindrakoto

MONGOLIA

Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignation effective March 12, 2020:
Michael D. Nolan

MOZAMBIQUE

Panels of Arbitrator and Conciliators
Designation effective January 24, 2020:
Angelo Matusse*

SIERRA LEONE

Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators
Designation effective January 20, 2020:
Patrick Pearsall

SOMALIA

Panel of Conciliators
Designation effective May 6, 2020:
Guled Yusuf

SPAIN

Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective February 4, 2020:
Deva Villanua Gomez, Manuel Conthe Gutierrez, Antonio Hierro Hernandez-Mora, Carmen Nunez-Lagos y Garcia-Bellido

Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective February 4, 2020:
Katia Fach Gomez, Javier Fernandez Samaniego, Gonzalo Stampa Casas, Mercedes Tarrazon Radon

SWEDEN

Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignation effective March 11, 2020:
Kaj Hobér

Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective March 11, 2020:
Christer Danielsson, Jakob Ragnwaldh, Johan Sidklev

Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective March 11, 2020:
Charlotta Falkman, Therese Isaksson, Aisha Nadar, Eric M. Runesson

* Pending acceptance