The Board of Trustees currently comprises 12 Elected Trustees with the President attending as an ex officio non-voting member.

The Elected Trustees are:

• Marion Smith KC FCIArb, Great Britain, Chair
• Amb. (r) David Huebner C.Arb FCIArb, Americas, Deputy Chair
• Paul Barrett C.Arb FCIArb, East Asia, Honorary Treasurer
• Arran Dowling-Hussey FCIArb, Ireland
• Lucy Greenwood C.Arb FCIArb, Great Britain
• Andrew Miller KC FCIArb, Great Britain
• Chikwendu Madumere FCIArb, Africa
• Theophile Margellos MCIArb, Europe
• Caroline Kenny KC C.Arb FCIArb, Australasia 
• Prof. Dr Mohamed Abdel Wahab MCIArb, Middle East
• Ben Giaretta FCIArb, Great Britain

2023 President: John Bassie FCIArb, President ex-officio

The elected Trustees serve for up to two four-year terms, with elections being held on a biennial rotating basis. 

Elected Trustees take up office from 1 January in the year following their election. The maximum continuous period a Trustee can serve for is eight years, after which they must wait at least two years before standing for re-election.

The Board of Trustees elect a Chair of the Board and an Honorary Treasurer on an annual basis.

The elected members of the Board of Trustees are trustees for the membership as a whole (i.e. not regionally representational) and are not permitted to hold any other office nor take up any other appointment within the Institute, while serving as a Trustee.

The Board of Trustees meet four times a year in February, June, September and November and every alternate year, the Board of Trustees' Autumn meeting coincides with the holding of Congress.