Standing Committees
The current membership of the Standing Committees and Boards is shown below:
Education and Membership Committee
Appointed members as at 1 January 2010
Louise Barrington (UK)
Joe Behan (Ireland) - President, ex officio
David Brynmor Thomas (UK) - international commercial arbitration
Michael Joyce (UK)
Pauline Makepeace (UK) - academic
Rowena Mulcahy (Ireland) - Chairman
Richard Mwongo (Kenya)
Rashda Rana (Australia) - international arbitration
Axel Reeg (Germany) - civil lawyer
Practice and Standards Committee
Appointed members as at 1 January 2010
Andrew Bartlett (UK)
Joe Behan (Ireland) - President, ex officio
Michael Cover (UK)
Giovanni de Berti (Italy)
Nicholas Gould (UK)
Thomas Halket (USA)
Giovanna Kwong (Italy)
Wolf von Kumberg (UK)
Alan Limbury (Australia) - Chairman
Adam Samuel (UK)
Michael Forbes Smith - Director General, ex officio
Chong Thaw Sing (Malaysia)
The Practice & Standards Committee has three sub-commitees and one working group:
Mediation sub-committee
Giovanni de Berti (Chair), Andrew Burr, Joe Behan (President, ex officio), Christopher Lau, Jeremy Lack, Alan Limbury, Peter Michaelson, Mercedes Tarrazon
Arbitration sub-committee
Adam Samuel (Joint Chair), Houston Putnam Lowry (Joint Chair), Joe Behan (President, ex officio), Guido Carducci, Alan Limbury, Khory McCormick
Adjudication sub-committee
Nicholas Gould (Chair)
Med-Arb Working Group
Alan Limbury (Chair) Giovanni de Berti, Jeremy Lack, Andrew Burr, Khory McCormick, Guido Carducci
Panels Management Group
Appointed members as at 1 January 2010
Joe Behan (Ireland) - President, ex officio
Neville Tait (UK) - Chairman
Derek Simmonds (UK) - Arbitration Convenor
Eric Mouzer (UK) - Adjudication Convenor
John Emmet Price (UK) - Mediation Convenor
Mair Coombes-Davies - IDRS link
Jane Irvine
Regional representatives
Tinuade Oyekunle (Africa)
Tony Houghton SC (East Asia)
Representatives from the most active regions Australia/North America/Europe are yet to be appointed.
Examinations Board
Appointed members as at 1 January 2010
Joe Behan (Ireland) - President, ex officio
Elena Blanco
Theresa Giovannini
Bob Juniper
Pauline Makepeace (UK)
Paul Marrow
John Sims
Ian Trushell (Scotland) - Chairman
Last Updated: 05 January 2010