HKIAC Council

The HKIAC Council is comprised of a broad representative body of both domestic and international users, private practitioners, arbitrators and in-house counsel. Those who are lawyers are from both civil and common law backgrounds. Coming from a variety of jurisdictions and sectors, HKIAC Council members reflect HKIAC's increased focus on addressing users’ needs and gaining direct input from in-house counsel. With a wealth of knowledge and experience of dispute resolution, the HKIAC Council advises the Secretariat on policy direction and other general management.

Name	Title	Position at HKIAC	Nationality	External Position	Video Link
Aisha ABDALLAH	Ms	Council Member	Kenyan	Partner, Anjarwalla & Khanna
Anton ASOSKOV	Mr	Council Member	Russian/Israeli	Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Arbitrator	WATCH NOW
Domitille BAIZEAU	Ms	Council Member	New Zealander/ French	Partner, LALIVE	WATCH NOW
Claudia BENAVIDES GALVIS	Ms	Council Member	Colombian	Partner, Baker & McKenzie S.A.S.
John CHOONG	Mr	Council Member	Singaporean	Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
John COCK	Mr	Council Member	Australian	Architect, Arbitrator, Director, On Q Consulting	WATCH NOW
Cristián Conejero	Mr	Council Member	Chilean and Hungarian	Partner, Cuatrecasas
Arthur DONG	Dr	Council Member	Chinese	Partner, Junhe LLP
Chungang DONG	Mr	Council Member	Chinese	Partner, Jingtian & Gongcheng
Nils ELIASSON	Dr	Vice Chairperson	Swedish	Partner, King & Spalding	WATCH NOW
Jian An GUO	Mr	Council Member	Chinese	Arbitrator of Shenzhen International Arbitration Centre and Vice President of China Society of International Private Law	WATCH NOW
Karl HENNESSEE	Mr	Council Member	German	Senior Vice-President & Deputy General Counsel, Airbus	WATCH NOW
Byung-Woo IM	Mr	Council Member	Korean	Partner, Kim & Chang	WATCH NOW
Wilson KWONG	Mr	Council Member	Chinese	Chief Executive, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited	WATCH NOW
José-Antonio MAURELLET _SC	Mr	Council Member	French	Senior Counsel, Des Voeux Chambers	WATCH NOW
Andrea MENAKER	Ms	Council Member	American	Partner, White & Case LLP	WATCH NOW
Catherine MUN	Ms	Council Member	Chinese	Partner, Li & Partners	WATCH NOW
Promod NAIR	Mr	Council Member	Indian	Advocate, Arista Chambers	WATCH NOW
Yoshimi OHARA	Ms	Council Member	Japanese	Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Maria Tan PEDERSEN	Ms	Council Member	American	Partner, Dechert LLP	WATCH NOW
David W. RIVKIN	Mr	Chairperson	American	Independent Arbitrator, Arbitration Chambers	WATCH NOW
Ronald SUM_JP	Mr	Council Member	Chinese	Partner, Baker Mckenzie	WATCH NOW
Huawei SUN	Ms	Council Member	Chinese	Arbitration Counsel, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Robert C. TANG _{GBM, SBS, KC, SC, JP}	Mr	Council Member	Chinese/British	Arbitrator, Non-Permanent Judge Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal	WATCH NOW
Meg UTTERBACK	Ms	Council Member	American	Partner, King & Wood Mallesons	WATCH NOW
Thomas WALSH	Mr	Council Member	British	Partner, Clifford Chance	WATCH NOW
Ernest Yang	Mr	Council Member	Chinese	Partner, Co-Head of International Arbitration, Asia Pacific, DLA Piper
Ing Loong YANG	Mr	Council Member	Singaporean	Independent Arbitrator	WATCH NOW
Briana YOUNG	Ms	Vice Chairperson	British	Professional Support Counsel, Three Crowns	WATCH NOW
Rimsky YUEN _{GBM, SC, JP}	Mr	Chairperson	Chinese	Senior Counsel, Temple Chambers	WATCH NOW

Past HKIAC Chairpersons, now Honorary Chairpersons (in alphabetical order)	Title	Nationality	External Position
Teresa CHENG _SC	Ms	Chinese	Former Hong Kong Secretary for Justice
Matthew GEARING _KC	Mr	British	Arbitrator
Neil KAPLAN _{KC, JP CBE, SBS}	Mr	British	Arbitrator, Arbitration Chambers
Michael MOSER	Dr	Austrian	Independent Arbitrator
Huen WONG _JP	Mr	British	Arbitrator
Philip YANG	Mr	British	Independent Arbitrator

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