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Surveyors (RICS), and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply Chain (CIPS). Fatima is a highly respected advisor in the ADR, legal, and governance fields and holds many posts with national and international organizations. In 2018, Fatima founded her consultancy, which later evolved into a fully-fledged law firm. Her goal was to establish a trusted practice known for
transparency, reliability, and honest advice. As a leading advocate for Green Arbitration, she is a signatory to the UN Global Compact and promotes sustainability across all areas of her business. Today, as one of the few independent female arbitrators and mediators in the UAE, Fatima is a role model for young women seeking to enter this field.

Majed Elbayyah

Dr. Waleed El Nemr has 25 years of experience in contracts and claims management, encompassing positions in various international project management firms, such as Bechtel, Fluor Daniel, and Hill International. He has also assumed several roles during dispute resolution proceedings in construction projects, acting as arbitrator, expert adjudicator, an expert appointed by the tribunal, expertly appointed by an arbitration party, arbitrator, and dispute adjudication board (DAB) member. He is the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF) country representative (Egypt) and Director representing MENA, Vice President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – Egypt Branch, and President of the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering – Greater Cairo section. He is the author of numerous papers and a speaker at numerous conferences, seminars, and webinars on the topic of construction contracts and claims. He is currently the Contracts Director of Hill International’s Africa branch, based in Egypt, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at The American University in Cairo.

Girgis Abd El-Shahid is the Managing Partner of Shahid Law Firm. He specializes in dispute settlement, with a particular focus on energy-related disputes; mergers and acquisitions; corporate and commercial agreements; joint venture arrangements; banking and finance; securities offerings; telecommunications; and intellectual property. Girgis focuses mainly on commercial arbitration, investment treaty arbitration and international law and is renowned for his special expertise in complex multiparty arbitrations. He is also recognized for his knowledge in handling all types of corporate and commercial disputes, from routine matters to large and complex multinational arbitrations. He also has significant experience in advising clients in various industries such as logistics, aviation, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, construction, energy, oil and gas as well as project finance and banking. Girgis is a member of the International Court of Arbitration, the world’s leading arbitral institution, serving a second 3 years term, as well as a member of advisory committee of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA). Girgis is a former Public Prosecutor and has received an LL.M. in International Legal Studies from Georgetown University Law Center, USA, an LL.B. from Cairo University, and a BA in Economics and Business Administration from the American University in Cairo.

Emhemmed Ghula is a Libyan Civil Engineer with MSc in Project Management from UK, Owner of Consultancy Expertise Company, DRBF member, Chairman of Libyan Engineering Arbitration Centre, Executive Member of Arab Organization for Engineering Arbitration, Dispute Resolution Board Member, and Arbitrator, with a big record of projects in the MENA region. Emhemmed Ghula is the DRBF Representative for Libya.

Jeremy Glover is a partner at Fenwick Elliott LLP , the UK’s largest construction law firm and is listed as a leader in his field in Who’s Who Legal. Jeremy is an accredited adjudicator, Vice-President of the Conflict Avoidance Coalition, and a member of the CIArb Adjudication Sub-Committee. He is also a FIDIC Certified Adjudicator, Member of the FIDIC President’s List and of the FIDIC Net Zero Task Group TG23. Jeremy is the co-author of Understanding the FIDIC Red and Yellow Book: A Clause by Clause Commentary, the third edition of which was published in 2018, and lead editor of Building Contract Disputes: Practice and Precedents. He is a member of the Board of Examiners on the Construction Law MSc programme at King’s College, and also teaches on the MSc Building Information Modelling Management Programme at Middlesex University. Jeremy serves as the President of the DRBF Executive Board.

Nicholas Gould, BSc (Hons), LL.M., FRICS, FCIArb, MCIOB, is Past President of the Executive Board of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation and a partner in the specialist construction, engineering and energy lawyers Fenwick Elliott LLP, where he conducts a mix of international dispute resolution and non-contentious work. He is a solicitor-advocate, chartered surveyor, accredited adjudicator and CEDR Chambers lead mediator. He acts for contractors, employers and governments in the building, construction, engineering, infrastructure, transport, energy, oil and gas, and process engineering sectors. Dispute resolution experience spans litigation, arbitration (domestic and international), adjudication, DAB/DRB, mediation, early neutral evaluation and expert determination. He regularly acts as lead mediator in multi-party multi- million disputes. Nicholas is a certified adjudicator and sits on international dispute boards and as arbitrator. Chamber & Partners 2011 notes Nicholas for his “ability to pre-empt potential problems and provide advice in a clear manner that maintains the individual needs of clients”. Legal 500, 2011 edition list Nicholas as a leading figure for Construction and Mediation who is “extremely knowledgeable and listens carefully to his clients”. The IBA’s 2008 and 2013 editions of International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers Today listed Nicholas as one of the “ten most highly regarded individuals internationally for construction law” and the IBA’s Who’s Who Legal 2015 listed Nicholas in the top five in Europe.

Asel El Housan is a Civil Engineer and a veteran of the international construction industry with more than twenty-nine years of experience in the construction field. She is the founder and the Managing Director of AEH UK Limited. She is an arbitrator and expert witness. Her experience ranges in between many countries including UAE, UK, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Central Asia, Africa, and Far-Asia. Asel is a FIDIC affiliate member and certified trainer, she is also a member of many associations like DRBF, FCIArb, SCL, and Adjudication Society. Asel was a speaker at many conferences including FIDIC Users Conference, Adjudication Society Conference, DRBF, CIArb, SCL, and many others. Asel has long experience in construction dispute resolution both litigation and arbitration and an outstanding experience in different types of Contracts, and Subcontracts.

Mian Sheraz Javaid is a dual qualified Civil-Engineer-turned English Barrister. His dual qualifications uniquely place him to render advice and services on complex matters of construction and energy law, ranging from litigation to Arbitration, Mediation, Adjudication, Neutral Evaluation, and Expert Determination. Sheraz is an international tenant at No.5 Barristers Chambers, holding the right of audience to practice in multiple jurisdictions including Pakistan, the United Kingdom, Dubai International Financial Centre, Singapore International Commercial Court and the Astana International Financial Centre. Sheraz has resuscitated the dynamics of dispute resolution in Pakistan through his role as the Founding Chair of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Pakistan Branch and TCC ADR Center. Sheraz’s most recent contribution to ADR has been drafting the Domestic Arbitration Act 2023 for Pakistan and has trained the first set of neutrals for Pakistan appointed in Islamabad High Court through the Ciarb Globally Accredited Mediation Training. Being a member of the global faculty of the Approved Faculty List (AFL), Sheraz provides training on ADR to professional engineers, barristers, solicitors, and public sector organization employees across the globe. Sheraz chairs the premiere legal convention in South Asia: Pakistan International Disputes Weekend for ‘reviewing, reflecting reviving’ the global dispute resolution terrain. He serves as the DRBF Representative for Pakistan.

Vincent Leloup (FCIArb, FDBF, DRBF, MSc.) is the Chairman of the FIDIC Contracts Committee, a FIDIC International Accredited Trainer and an Accredited Adjudicator. He delivers training, consulting (contract procurement strategy, contract drafting, risk analysis and contract management) and dispute resolution services (mediator, dispute board member, expert witness, arbitrator) for the construction industry. Vincent is a professional engineer by trade (MSc Water Management, MSc Agronomy, EUR ING), with legal qualifications (MSc Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, King’s College, London), and comes from a Contractor then consulting engineering background with 25 years of experience on international building and infrastructure projects across Asia, Africa, Europe and Central America, with a particular expertise on water supply & wastewater infrastructure projects. Vincent is one of the drafters of the FIDIC 2017 Suite of Agreements, and is the principal drafter of the update of the FIDIC 1999 Green Book which will be published by FIDIC in the near future. He is also the Founder and Director of Studies of the Postgraduate Diploma International Construction Contracts (I2C), delivered by Paris Pantheon-Assas University.

Oskar Ljungqvist is a consulting engineer based in Dubai UAE serving various stakeholders on projects across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. He is an experienced professional with expertise in contract and claims management. His skillset encompasses contract administration, delay and disruption costs, forensic delay analysis, project planning and project management. Instructs forensic delay analysis modules for Masters Programme at Milan Polytechnic Institute. Oskar is a member of the DRBF since 2018, as well as the other professional organisations such as the SCL and the AACEi. Over the last 5 years he has been extensively involved in adjudication and arbitration proceedings on multibillion Euro disputes. He graduated with BS and MS Degrees in Civil Engineering and Hydraulics from the Lund Institute of Technology in Sweden. His began his career in engineering and construction in 2006 in Ethiopia.

Husni Madi is a FIDIC International Certified Trainer (FCT), as well as Founder and CEO of Shura Construction Management, a consultancy firm providing contract solutions for the construction industry. Husni is a Civil Engineer with over 23 years of experience in large-scale construction projects in the Middle East; initially with multinational contractors, then with international construction management firms. Experience covers various sectors: power plants, wastewater treatment plants, potable water reservoirs, infrastructure, marine ports, highways, and multi-use buildings. Has operated in several countries including Jordan, KSA, UAE, Qatar, Lebanon, Oman, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Cyprus and Greece. He is a Delay Analysis specialist, as he is an accredited Professional in Scheduling (PMI-SP) and Project Management (PMP) by the Project Management Institute (PMI), in addition to being a FIDIC Affiliate Member. He is a member of several multi-million USD international and domestic arbitration tribunals (institutional and ad hoc) being an FCIArb, and DABs being a FIDIC Certified Adjudicator (FCA) listed on FIDIC President’s List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators. Presently, he is serving as Chairman of FIDIC Task Groups 15 & 15B in charge of establishing “FIDIC’s Golden Principles”, and a Friendly Reviewer of the Red, Yellow, Silver 2017 2nd Editions, and the Emerald Book. He is also the Principal Translator of the official translation of FIDIC 2017 Suite into Arabic. Importantly, Husni is Vice Chair of the influential FIDIC Contracts Committee, and winner of FIDIC’s Trainer(s) or Adjudicator(s) of the Year Award. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb).

Dr. Hisham Mirghani has a BSc in Civil Engineering from the University of Bristol, England, and a PhD in Private Law, International University of Africa, Khartoum. He is a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, UK and is registered as a Chartered Engineer, the Engineering Council, UK. He is a Procurement & Contracts Management expert with practical experience of 41 years gained with Consulting Engineers (24 years), Government (Employer) Agency (9 years) and Multilateral Development Bank (8 years). Dr Hisham has published 2 books in Arabic on Construction Laws prevailing in Middle Eastern countries. He also wrote a paper (in English) on Construction law which won a Commendation in the Society of Construction Law (SCL) Hudson Prize in 2015 and was published by the UAE University Journal of Sharia & Law in July 2018. During his work with Consulting Engineers and as a Contracts Manager with a Government/Employer agency in Sudan, Dr Hisham gained vast experience in contract drafting, contract administration, advising on variations, and claims of values up to US$ 15 million under FIDIC type contracts. He also assisted with DAB proceedings on US$ 32 million dispute for price escalation costs.

Frank Mvula is a citizen of Zambia currently employed as Director Fiduciary (Procurement and Financial Management) Services and Inspection since October 2018, has over 20 years wealth of experience in Procurement, Water and Sanitation, Infrastructure Development and Project Management. He is currently responsible for development and implementation of Fiduciary policies.
He served as Country Manager for African Development Bank in Malawi, from 2017 – 2018. In this role, he led policy dialogue with the Malawian government and other development partners. From 2014 – 2017 he was the Division Manager for the Procurement Division, supervising a team of over fifty Procurement Professionals across the continent. He led the fiduciary oversight of the Bank Group’s portfolio and provided advisory services to Senior Management on policy, strategy and a broad range of procurement issues relating to Bank’s operations across sectors. From 2009 to 2013, he worked as the Chief Regional Procurement Coordinator, in East and Southern Africa spearheading procurement reforms. He joined the Africa Development Bank in 2003 as Senior Architect/Implementation Specialist in the Human and Social Development Department. Prior to joining the African Development Bank, Mr. Mvula worked at the Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company as Director, Commercial Services in 2003, as Projects Manager/Senior Engineer between 1998 and 2003, and as a Graduate Engineer between 1995 and 1996. He also worked as a Lecturer/Staff Development Fellow at the University of Zambia from 1996 – 1998. Mr. Mvula holds a Master’s Degree in Sanitary Engineering from the IHE Delft, Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Zambia, Lusaka.

Eng. James N. Mwangi is the CEO of Kurrent Technologies Ltd a Consultancy firm that serves East and Central Africa. He has a B. Sc. (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nairobi. He is a Vice President and Board member of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers(FIDIC) which is based in Geneva Switzerland. He is a Board Member of the London based organization CoST (Construction Sector Transparency). CoST, the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative is one of the leading global non-profits improving transparency, participation, and accountability in infrastructure. He is a Registered Consulting Engineer, an Accredited Checker and a Washington Accord Assessor  with the Engineers Board of Kenya(EBK). He has over thirty-eight (39) years of extensive working experience mainly in the Energy(Power Generation and Distribution, Renewable Energy) and Oil & Gas sectors. He is a Fellow with the Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK). He sits on the Mechanical Engineering Panels at EBK and IEK.  He is a past Chairman of the Executive Committee of FIDIC – AFRICA. He is also a Board Member (Energy, Mining, Blue Economy & Maritime Affairs and Professional Services Sectors) of the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA - the Apex voice of the Private Sector in Kenya), a Director at the Petroleum Institute of East Africa (PIEA), a Past Member of the East Africa Branch Council of the International Project Finance Association (IPFA) and is a Member of the Energy Institute (U.K.). He is a past Chairman of the Association of Consulting Engineers of Kenya (ACEK). He is also a member of the Kenya Institute of Management(KIM). He has membership in other Professional bodies in Kenya and Internationally.

Aisha Nadar has been actively involved in all phases of the negotiation and implementation of large-scale cross-border infrastructure and defence programs for over 30 years. Her procurement and international contract management experience includes holding senior level positions in the US, the Middle East and Europe. She regularly advises clients on strategic procurement planning, contract drafting, contract management and dispute resolution and acts as arbitrator, mediator and dispute board member and has experience of ICC, LCIA, SCC, DIAC, AAA, UNCITRAL and FIDIC rules. Aisha has carried out assignments related to dispute resolution for organizations such as the World Bank, USAID and US DoD and is a regularly invited speaker at universities and specialized conferences on construction contracts and dispute resolution. Aisha is a member of FIDIC’s Executive Committee, the Chair of FIDIC’s Procurement Policy Sub-Committee, is listed on FIDIC President’s List of Accredited Adjudicators and served as one of the principal drafters of the updates of the FIDIC 1999 Suite. She is an officer of the International Construction Projects Committee of the International Bar Association and has previously served as a member of the Standing Committee of ICC International Centre for ADR. Aisha holds a BS Electrical Engineering from University of Nebraska, an MBA from University of Texas-Austin and an LL.M. in International Commercial Dispute Resolution from Queen Mary, University of London and completed the CIArb Diploma Course in International Commercial Arbitration, Oxford in 2005. Aisha currently serves on the DRBF Region 2 Board of Directors.

Erhan Ozturk is a Civil engineer with MSc degree on Construction Project Management and LLM degree on Construction Law & Arbitration. He is a claim/contract management consultant and Dispute Board practitioner. He has nearly 20 years of professional experience in contract and project management for internationally construction projects funded by IFI’s such as World Bank, EBRD, EIB, CEB, and USAID. He has expertise in interpretation of contracts, tender and contract management / negotiations, claim & change management, dispute resolution and Dispute Adjudication Board case management. He has hands-on experience in a wide variety of projects such as railways, tunnels, highways, airports and industrial plants constructed in Asia, Africa and Europe. He is a member of DRBF, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Turkish Engineers and Architects Association, and Society of Construction Law. Erhan currently serves as the DRBF Representative for Turkey.

Basar Sahin holds a BSc in Civil Engineering and an LLM degree in Construction Law. He is anarbitrator, expert witness, and dispute board member. He has held contract, commercial andproject management positions with firms for nearly 25 years and gained experience incontract-claim management with a special emphasis in cost control, scheduling and disputeresolution methods. His professional career started in Turkey as a construction field engineer and he then pursued commercial management in the USA for nearly 10 years before returning to Turkey and co-founding lCM Consulting. During this time he has taken responsibilities from tender to post contract stages in all aspects of commercial management including negotiation of change orders, delay, acceleration, differing site condition and inefficiency claims for lump sum contracts as well as cost reimbursable contracts. His hand-on experience includes involvement in a wide variety of projects such as railroads, highways, tunnels, airports, power plants, marine works, housing and oil-gas business in countries including Georgia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Albania, Nigeria, Bulgaria, Pakistan, Hungary, Slovakia and the USA. His hand-on experience includes involvement in a wide variety of projects such as railroads, highways, tunnels, airports, power plants, marine works, housing and oil-gas business in countries including Georgia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Albania, Nigeria and the USA. Basar currently serves on the DRBF Region 2 Board of Directors.

Denis Serkin is a partner, chair of Peckar & Abramson’s International Practice, and vice chair of the firm’s IT committee. He focuses his practice on construction law, representing construction managers and general contractors in transactional matters, through project construction, and in the resolution of disputes through litigation, arbitration, and mediation. Denis regularly assists clients in a number of market segments, including construction management, general and EPC contracting, power/energy, and infrastructure. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University in the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics where he teaches a course in Prevention and Resolution of Construction Disputes. Prior to entering the legal profession, Denis was a project engineer at a government agency, where he managed numerous projects through design to procurement and construction.

Stacy Sinclair

Paul Taggart is a Past President of the DRBF Executive Board of Directors. He has some 40 years experience in contract management and disputes settlement in construction. He is a FIDIC Presidents List of Approved Adjudicators member. Paul has acted as DB member, a disputes settlement manager, a Contractual Manager, and as advisor for a number of reputable major international companies effectively managing complex contract cases on a broad range major infrastructure and building works. In this regard he has been actively involved in the submission and successful settlement of some US$ 4.7 billion worth of disputes to Dispute Adjudication and Recommendation Boards globally per FIDIC, ad hoc and ICC DB rules. His project experience includes Mosul Dam (Iraq), Second Bosphoros Bridge (Turkey), The Channel Tunnel (UK - France), The Panama Canal expansion, Copenhagen, Qatar and Riyadh Metros, Xiaolangdi MPD China, and Bujagali HPP the first PPP hydro project in Africa. Mr. Taggart holds a BSc, MRICS, FCIArb and Post Graduate Diplomas in International Commercial Arbitration (QMUL) and Business Administration (SGBS). He a sustaining member of the DRBF.

Armando Tamai

Giorgiana Tecuci is an international lawyer with over 20 years' experience in construction law and procurement. She is actively involved in FIDIC contracts, with particular emphasis on dispute resolution in both the public and private sectors. As an adjudicator, arbitrator and trainer, Giorgiana regularly contributes to the organization and running of both FIDIC related activities and those of DRBF, where she is President of the Region 2 Board of Directors and the DRBF Representative for Romania.

Dr. Ahmed Waly has a dual degree in Engineering and Law, and more than 25 years of experience in Construction Contracts Administration as well as Claims preparation and assessment for projects in Egypt, and the Middle East. He has served as Arbitrator, Mediator, Adjudicator, Expert or Counsel in several ad-hoc and institutional Disputes under the rules of ICC, Paris, CRCICA, Cairo, and DIFC/LCIA, Dubai. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), London, member of the International Court of Arbitration (Arab Arbitration Group), ICC, Paris, member of the International Council of Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), A FIDIC Interim Accredited Trainer, a FIDIC Friendly Reviewer of the FIDIC 2017 Contracts, a Certified Mediator and Trainer by CEDR, London, a Certified Expert at the Center of disputes resolution at the General Authority of Investment (GAFI), Egypt, and a Certified Arbitrator at the Ministry of Justice, Egypt, and a member of CRCICA DB committee who drafted the CRCICA DB Rules in force as of August 1st 2021. Dr. Waly is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University, and Adjunct Associate Professor at the Department of Construction Engineering, the American University in Cairo (AUC), lecturing undergraduate and graduate courses and conducting research in Construction Contracts Management, Construction Claims and Disputes Resolution Methods. He has several refereed Journal and Conference papers published in Egypt, USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Singapore, India, and Turkey. He holds a BSc in Engineering and an LLB from Cairo University; an MSc in Construction Management from Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey, USA, and a PhD in Project Management from Virginia Tech, USA, and Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration from CIArb, London.

James Weier is the Chief Legal Officer at Soudah Development Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He is an Illinois-licensed architect and an attorney with extensive contentious and non-contentious experience on high-value, high-profile and complex giga projects in the United States and the Middle East in both the public and private sectors. He has held C-suite in-house and private practice roles and possesses significant expertise in negotiating complex, high-risk, multi-party contracts for challenging infrastructure projects in the multi-use high-rise, ultra-luxury real estate and hospitality, and aviation sectors. He has proven track record in successfully resolving complex design and construction claims, all while preserving essential business relationships.

Sam Whitehouse Samuel is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and expert witness with over 40 years of experience in contracts and dispute management. For the last 20 years Sam has worked on major civil engineering projects throughout the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Central America, and Europe. He is a Managing Director at FTI Construction Solutions and is based in the United Arab Emirates where he serves the local and international market. Previously Sam was the Commercial Director of a major Tier 1 general contractor headquartered in the United Kingdom. Sam has gained extensive experience of Dispute Boards and adjudications throughout the world and serves as the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation Representative for the United Arab Emirates.