Permanent Committees About us

Membership Development Committee (MDC)

The role of the MDC as delegated by GC is to develop policies, regulations, rules, standard operating procedures and guidelines as necessary to manage and supervise the functions of the Institute with respect to its membership.

MDC is tasked to develop and establish rules and procedures for review of the qualifications for membership, voting rights, the election of members, the privileges and obligations of membership of each category of membership, the designated status of the members, the issue of Empanelment Certificates, the entrance fee and subscription of members, the resignation of members, the supervision and discipline of members, and the use of initials after Members’ names in accordance with the provisions of the Membership Regulations

No.	Name	Designation	Country	Membership level
1	Ankit Sanghvi	Chairperson	Malaysia	Fellow
2	Ish Jain	Vice Chairperson	Malaysia	Fellow
3	Shashank Garg	Member	India	Fellow
4	Jeremy Ho Soon Teck	Member	Malaysia	Member
5	Sylvester Lai Tze Yang	Member	Malaysia	Associate
6	Nicholas Lee Guo Jun	Member	Singapore	Associate
7	Cheng Ho Wah @ Roland	Member	Malaysia	Fellow
8	Leonard Watt	Member	Australia	Associate
9	Edwin Kolandasamy	Member	Malaysia	Fellow
10	Ho June Khai	Member	Malaysia	Fellow
11	David Geoffrey Allan Bateson	Member	Singapore	Fellow
12	Navin G Ahuja	Member	Singapore	Fellow
13	Mak Ho Wang	Member	Hong Kong	Member

Ankit Sanghvi

Chairperson

Mr. Ankit’s focus area of practice is in construction law and he has handled significant assignments involving energy projects, engineering projects and infrastructure projects for both local and foreign clients. Mr. Ankit’s legal experience has enabled him to provide professional legal advice to his clients in respect of building and construction projects in Malaysia from its inception, right up to its completion. He has conducted document review for clients, provided advice and drafted agreements for employers, developers, contractors, sub-contractors, vendors, purchasers and tenants on various aspects of commercial, retail and residential construction projects in Malaysia.

Mr. Ankit also advices clients on the legal requirements that are to be complied with at the initial stages of planning and his range of advice includes procurement strategies, project risk management and claims and dispute management or avoidance. In the event formal dispute resolution becomes a necessity, he has the experience to advice you on the appropriate dispute resolution forum. Mr. Ankit’s experience includes, mediation, adjudication, arbitration, litigation, expert determination and early neutral evaluation, amongst others..

Mr. Ankit has represented a number of multi-national and GLC’s in Malaysia as lead counsel at all levels of the Malaysian Courts. He also often represents clients in adjudication and arbitration proceedings in respect of disputes that concern claims and/or payment issues, issues in respect of termination of contract, issues concerning delays, issues concerning performance bonds, issues concerning defects rectification and issues in regard to liquidated damages, amongst others. He is also a certified adjudicator with the AIAC and he is currently pursuing an MSc in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution at King’s College London.

Sr Ho June Khai

Managing Director – JKW Consultancy Sdn Bhd

Member

Sr Ho June Khai holds qualifications in Law, Quantity Surveying and Project Management. He is a qualified multi-disciplinary construction professional and building practitioner with more than 38 years of experience in project management and construction, pre and post contract administration and management, contractual claims and dispute resolution advisory and management.

Sr Ho June Khai owns a claims consultancy outfit providing specialised construction contract management and contractual advisory services. He is empanelled as an Arbitrator, Adjudicator and Mediator with the Asian International Arbitration Centre. He is also empanelled as an Arbitrator with the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators and as an Adjudicator with the UK Adjudicators. He has been appointed as an Arbitrator and an Adjudicator for disputes under the AIAC Rules and the CIPAA Act 2012, respectively.

Mak Ho Wang

Member

Charles Ho Wang Mak is a PhD Candidate in international law and a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Glasgow, a Fellow of the Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law at the City University of Hong Kong, an Honorary Fellow of the Asian Institute of International Financial Law at the University of Hong Kong, and a Research Affiliate at SovereigNET, The Fletcher School, Tufts University. His research concentrates on sovereign debt restructuring and dispute resolution.

Charles has studied law at the University of Sussex in England (LL.B. (Hons.)), The Chinese University of Hong Kong (LL.M. in International Economic Law), and the City University of Hong Kong (LL.M.Arb.D.R.(with Credit)). He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (FHKIArb), the Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand (FAMINZ (Arb/Med)), and the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (FRAS). He is also a pioneer member of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (MAIADR). He earned accreditation as a tribunal secretary at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. In 2019, he was admitted as the first member of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration Tribunal Secretary Panel from both Hong Kong and Mainland China. He is available to be appointed as a tribunal secretary for international arbitrations.

Shashank Garg

Partner of Advani & Co.

Member

Shashank Garg is an arbitrator and seasoned dispute resolution practitioner skilled in international commercial arbitration, sports arbitration, construction arbitration, mediation, and litigation having represented clients in ad-hoc and institutional arbitrations under leading institutional rules.

He is the Joint Secretary of the Society for Construction Law, India and Co-Chairs their Young Leaders Group, He is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, and Member, Arbitration Committee, Delhi International Arbitration Centre (New Delhi). From 2017-19, he was ICC YAF’s ‘Regional Chapter Coordinator (India)’.

A widely published author, he is the Editor of the book “Alternative Dispute Resolution: The Indian Perspective” (Oxford University Press). Press and has also authored a book titled ‘Tourism Law in India’ published by Universal Law Publishing Co. Recently, he has coauthored a chapter with Prof. Martin Hunter in the ‘Handbook on International Arbitration’ published by Wolters Kluwer.

He is a visiting faculty at various renowned law schools in the country and is regularly invited as a speaker at dispute resolution events across the globe.

David Geoffrey Allan Bateson

Member

David Bateson is a leading international arbitrator who has been involved in over 200 arbitrations in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and South America. He has acted as Chairman, party-appointed arbitrator, or sole arbitrator in arbitrations under the rules of the AIAC, BANI, CIETAC, DIAC, KCAB,HKIAC,, LCIA,ICC, PCA, SIAC and VIAC, or in ad hoc arbitrations.

He has extensive experience in disputes in a variety of industry sectors including, construction, resources, commodities, insurance, joint ventures, shareholder agreements, shipping and telecommunications , and investor state.

Chambers Asia variously described him as “pre-eminent and widely experienced ,one of the top arbitrators in the region” who is “excellent at pretty much everything he is doing “an accomplished arbitrator, who is getting more and more cases in Asia, and worldwide”. and “a very good arbitrator, writing a very good award, well able to control an arbitration and culturally sensitive“.

He is listed in Chambers Most In Demand Arbitrators in Asia and Singapore.

He has over 40 years of legal experience and is a specialist in all forms of dispute resolution including arbitration, litigation and alternative dispute resolution. He has been resident in Asia since 1980, and before that he lived in Africa, Fiji and New Zealand. He is now based in Singapore.

Cheng Ho Wah @ Roland

SOLE PROPRIETOR of ROLAND CHENG & CO

Member

A Malaysian, Mr Cheng Ho Wah @ Roland is the Managing Advocate / Proprietor of the Firm. He was admitted as an Advocate of the State of Sabah, Malaysia, on 18th February 1992. He commenced his Legal Practice under this Firm’s name, Roland Cheng & Co., in August 1993. He was conferred the award of Justice of the Peace by the State Governor of Sabah on 18th November, 2015.

Mr. Cheng obtained his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (B.Sc(Hons)) from the University of Ottawa, Canada in 1980 and Bachelor of Laws from the University of London, England (LLB.(Hons) London) in 1988. He was admitted as a Barrister-at-law, Lincoln’s Inn in November 1990. In 2004, he obtained his Master of Laws specialising in Maritime Law from the University of London (LLM).

In June, 2014, Mr. Cheng was admitted as a Member of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and in February, 2015 he was awarded the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators’ Diploma in International Arbitration. He became a Fellow of the Institute (FCIArb) on 14th April 2015. He was appointed as a member of the Panel of Adjudicators of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (formerly known as Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration) on 1st July 2014. He is a member of the Sabah Law Association since 1993 as well as its successor umbrella body-the Sabah Law Society from 1st January, 2018 onwards. He is also a member of the Malaysian Maritime Law Association since September 2014. He is a Fellow (Pioneer Member) since 3rd September 2018 of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (AIADR). He was appointed as one of the Committee Members of the Membership Development Committee for a 2 year term 2020 until 2022 of AIADR. Then on 21st December 2020, Mr Cheng was admitted as a Member of The Society of Construction Law Malaysia (SCL).

To-date, Mr. Cheng has more than 25 years experience in handling both conventional and Islamic bank loan documentations, banking related matters, conveyancing, land related documents and estates cases. He also handles civil and criminal litigation and has acted in cases in High Court, Court of Appeal and the Federal Court.

Prior to commencing his legal practice in 1993, he has 9 years experience in Banking & finance and 4 years experience in the motor industry.

In recent years, he has been appointed as legal advisor by many companies in land matters. He is currently the legal Advisor to a number of the Associations including- Federation of Sabah Industries, Kota Kinabalu Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sabah Builders Association, Min Sin Shea Club, Sabah Kidney Association.

Professional Development & Education Committee (PDEC)

PDEC is tasked to develop and establish rules and procedures for educational curriculum for each grade of membership of the Institute including CPD courses and bespoke training sessions.

In accordance with the Constitution, Vision, Mission and Values of the Institute, the role of the PDEC as delegated by GC is to develop policies, regulations, rules, standard operating procedures and guidelines as necessary to manage and supervise the functions of the Institute with respect to education, training and continuous professional development of its members and stakeholders of ADR forums.

Professional Development & Education Committee 2021 – 2022

No.	Name	Designation	Country	Membership level
1	Rammit Kaur	Chairperson	Malaysia	Fellow
2	Anil Changaroth	Vice Chairperson	Singapore	Fellow
3	Inbavijayan Veeraraghavan	Member	India	Fellow
4	Jay Patrick Santiago	Member	Philippines	Member
5	Samrith Kaur	Member	Malaysia	Fellow
6	Dr. Khaled Chowdury	Member	Bangladesh	Fellow
7	Dr. Shahrizal Zin	Member	Malaysia	Fellow
8	Dato' Ricky Tan	Member	Malaysia	Fellow
9	Teodoro Kalaw IV	Member	Philippines	Fellow

Rammit Kaur Charan Singh

FCIArb, FAIADR, Principal of Victorious Vie PLT

Chairperson

Ms. Rammit Kaur has evolved from a lawyer to in-house counsel bringing with her close to 20 years of experience. She is a founding partner of a boutique consultancy firm providing a wide spectrum of services relating to ADR and legal support. She was the Head of Legal Services in the KLRCA and has contributed to the drafting of Shariah Compliant arbitration rules which innovation was awarded in 2012 by the Global Arbitration Review. She was instrumental in the drafting of and revisions to the KLRCA ADR Rules. She is a Fellow and Accredited Mediator of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Director of its Malaysian Branch. Having worked with other prominent organisations in the past two decades, Ms Rammit has gained expertise in the construction, infrastructure, transportation, logistics, oil and gas and legal industries. She is passionate about dispute resolution and actively sits in as arbitrator, adjudicator and mediator.

Anil Changaroth

FAIADR, FCIArb, FSIArb, FPIArb, Managing Director of ChangAroth Chambers LLC (SG)

Vice Chairperson

Anil Changaroth (FCIArb, FSIArb, FPIArb, FAIADR) is an accredited Mediator, Arbitrator (Fellows of the Chartered, Singapore and Philippines Institutes of Arbitrators), Conflict Avoidance and Dispute Resolution Practitioner (since 1995 having qualified as a Barrister of Law Middle Temple England), hold a Master of Science in Construction Law & Arbitration, Kings College London & National University of Singapore and is Advocate and Solicitor of Singapore and Solicitor of England and Wales.

His practices in Asia Pacific region includes through his:

Law practice CHANGAROTH CHAMBERS LLC with Appropriate Dispute Resolution focusing on Infrastructure, Building and Construction and most aspect of Commercial, Civil, Criminal dispute resolution and Corporate front end advisory work;
CHANGAROTH INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANCY- consulting and administering international infrastructure/construction, trade/investment treaty projects and providing ADR appointment services; and
Through ChangAroth InterNational Consultancy’s ODRasia & ODRanz – providing a Revolutionary Online subscription based range of basic, necessary and yet intuitively seamless independent and/or collaborative and complementary synchronous or asynchronous digital platforms to aid/assist/support Clients with Online Dispute Resolution and Conflict Avoidance, Online Digital Reengineering of managing Data, People, Infrastructure & Construction Projects and Businesses essentially creating an Online Digital Revolution

Anil an honorary legal advisor to the Singapore Institute of Architects, Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers and Society of Interior Designers Singapore. was the Society of Construction Law (Singapore) chairman 2012-14 and Country Representative (Singapore) for the ADR ODR International and Dispute Resolution Board Foundation. Anil’s book Resolving Disputes, a Guide to the Options for Appropriate Dispute Resolution, was published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia in 2019.

Dr. Khaled Chowdury

Vice-President of Barristers’ Association Bangladesh, Head of Chambers at Dr. Khaled H Chowdhury & Associates

Member

Dr. Khaled Hamid Chowdhury, a Barrister of Lincoln’s Inn with 25 years standing, is an Advocate of the Appellate Division of Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He is also an Accredited Mediator of CEDR & ADR-ODR International and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Dr. Chowdhury is a fellow of AIAC and AIADR, Malaysia, and an empanelled Mediator and Arbitrator at Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre (BIAC). As an Arbitrator, he sits in different panels and acts as a Mediator in extensively in diverse matters including but not limited to Civil, Commercial, Admiralty, Company and Banking Company, Criminal matters, and Consumer Disputes. He is a specialist in international sports law and has more than 10 years of work experience as an adjudicator. He is the Head of Chambers at Dr. Khaled H Chowdhury & Associates (Dispute Management Specialists), a leading set in Bangladesh. He is also a legal adviser for the Ministries of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment, of Roads and Bridges, Home Affairs, and of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

Dr. Chowdhury excels in Academia, heading London College of Legal Studies South, a leading institute in Dhaka promoting English legal education in Bangladesh. He is also a part of the Global Faculty at ADR ODR International. He is also a Master Trainer and an Associate Arbitrator of ADR ODR International and has taught and trained ADR to students in the UK, India, UAE, Thailand Malaysia, and Bangladesh. Dr. Chowdhury has been conferred with an Honorary Doctor of Laws from UWE, Bristol for his contribution to legal education in Bangladesh in 2019.

Apart from that, he is also the acting Vice-President of Barristers’ Association Bangladesh, a non-profit-making organisation committed to developing civic consciousness and to act as a pressure group for the development of legislations in Bangladesh. He is also a member of the Centre Européen de Coopération Juridique (CECJ) and has maintained close professional networks with lawyers across France, Russia and the U.S.A.

Dr. Shahrizal M Zin

FCIArb, FAIADR, FMIArb

Member

Dr Shahrizal M Zin is a legal academic and alternative dispute resolution(ADR) practitioner. He reads law at the University of Malaya as a recipient of the Public Service Department(PSD) scholarship. He graduated with LLM from the University of Malaya and hold a PhD from Monash University, Australia with a thesis that examined the WTO dispute settlement mechanism. He was awarded a diploma in International Commercial Arbitration by the Chartered Institute of Arbitration (CIArb) UK and admitted as a fellow since 2016. He is also a fellow of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (AIADR) and the Malaysian Institute of Arbitration (MIArb). He sits regularly as an arbitrator and adjudicator in relation to construction claims pursuant to Arbitration Act 2005 and CIPAA 2012. He is the author of several publications, among others, ‘Common Issues in Malaysian Adjudication (Guide to CIPAA 2012, Cases and Materials)’ (Lexis Nexis 2020), ‘Reappraising Access to Justice : A Critical Review on State Recourse to Counterclaim’ in Alan M. Anderson and Ben Beaumount (eds) The Investor – State Dispute Settlement System : Reform, Replace or Status Quo? (Wolters Kluwer 2020. He is currently acting as a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University Technology MARA (UITM) Malaysia.

Dato Ricky Tan

FAIADR, FCIArb, Managing Partner of Messrs. Ricky Tan & Co

Member

Dato Ricky has his own small legal practice in Kuala Lumpur since 2006. He graduated from the University of Staffordshire with LLB and LLM. He has been active as a local adjudicator and arbitrator (AIAC). He is also appointed as an arbitrator of the Hainan Arbitration Commission and Nanning Arbitration Commission. Dato Ricky is also an Adjunct Professor of Hainan University and Visiting Associate Professor of Southwest University of Political Science & Law (People’s Republic of China). He is also a Fellow of CIArb and AIADR. He is actively involved in regional university law school internship program, trans-border legal exchange and training between Malaysian law fraternity and Chinese counterpart vide China- ASEAN Cooperation Legal Center (a society registered in Malaysia). Dato Ricky is also involved in Belt and Road Initiative(BRI) ADR and believes in building sustainable legal market and cross-collaboration for the legal fraternity.

Inbavijayan Veeraraghavan

B.A.B.L., FICA, FAIADR, FPIArb, PAP-KFCRI, FCIArb (UK), President for PDEC sub-committee

Member

V.Inbavijayan was educated at Dr.Ambedkar Govt. Law College, University of Madras. On completion of his legal education, he took up litigation practice at High Court of Madras (1997). His enthusiasm towards ADR made him to pursue whole time arbitration practice since 2001.

So far he has presided as sole arbitrator and represented as counsel in over 350 domestic cases, several thousands of small-claims commercial/financial arbitrations and 15 international arbitrations. His areas of practice includes international commercial arbitration, maritime arbitration, international trade & contracts, IPR, construction disputes, finance & banking disputes, securities market, JVs, L/Cs, ADR, sale of goods, domain name disputes and investment disputes.

He has been accredited as an arbitrator in HKIAC (Hong Kong), CIETAC, BAC & SHIAC (China), AIAC (Malaysia), DIAC & EMAC (Dubai), CRCICA (Egypt), SCCA (Saudi Arabia), MIAC (Maldives), KFCRI, ICADR & ICA (India), CIDRA & NYIAC (USA) and various other regional & national arbitration institutions. To add up, he is the Project Adviser of an arbitration institution, KFCRI and inducted as member of ICCA. He had been listed in the 2008 edition of International Who’s Who of Commercial Arbitrators. To add up Chambers Asia Directory:

2010 refers as “Veeraraghavan Inbavijayan is active in commercial arbitration and described as “excellent – he handles matters in a highly professional manner and can achieve fast results.”

2011 refers as “ Veeraraghavan Inbavijayan is a respected figure, who focuses on handling international arbitrations on a wide range of disputes, including those relating to distributorship agreement, construction and satellite right.

2012 refers as “Veeraraghavan Inbavijayan earns accolades for his “noteworthy knowledge in arbitration.” He undertakes both domestic and international arbitration, particularly in international trade and commercial disputes”.

2013 refers as “Veeraraghavan Inbavijayan of KoVe Global LLP continues to be well regarded for his work as an arbitrator, and has presided in a number of joint venture disputes of late”.

In addition he is promoting the concept of ADR by way of writing articles and books, providing training courses and gives lecture on Arbitration and ADR in law schools, Universities, Chambers of Commerce and conferences worldwide.

Samrith Kaur

LL.B. (Hons)Coventry, UK; C.L.P., LL.M.; FCIArb; FM1Arb;Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya

Member

Ms. Samrith Kaur, an advocate and solicitor is the Managing Partner at Messrs. Samrith Sanjiv & Partners in Kuala Lumpur. She graduated with Bachelor’s degree in law from University of Coventry, United Kingdom and secured her Certificate of Legal Practice at University of Malaya. She also holds a Master degree in Law from University of Malaya where one of her areas of interest was in Alternative Dispute Resolution(ADR).She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom and with the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators. She was past Vice Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Kuala Lumpur Branch(2012-2014)and currently Deputy President of Sports Law Association Malaysia (SLAM) (2019-2020).Ms. Samrith is a Certified Mediator and is on the panel of Bar Council Malaysian Mediation Centre (MMC) and as Arbitrator, Mediator and Adjudicator on the panel of Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution(AIADR) and Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC). She is also a Domain Name Dispute Resolution Panelist with AIAC and Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre in Hong Kong. Besides actively employing her mediation skills in her legal practice Ms. Samrith frequently delivers talks and lectures and provide training to several professional bodies on ADR. She has co-authored a handbook on Practice & Procedure of Mediation and is also actively involved in providing training to Arbitrators, Adjudicators and Mediators.

Disputes Resolutions and Appointments Committee (DRAC)

In accordance with the Constitution, the GC has delegated its powers to DRAC for creating and managing panels of ADR practitioners to provide disputes and conflicts resolution services to the wide spectrum of industry and legal entities. The role of the DRAC is to develop policies, regulations, rules, standard operating procedures and guidelines as necessary to manage and supervise the functions of the Institute with respect to formation of the panels and appointment of panel members.

DRAC shall be responsible for drafting the Institute’s procedural rules for conducting mediation, adjudication, arbitration as DRB and DAB, and cross-border conflict resolution schemes.

Vacancies to be filled!

Titles equivalent to Certified International Practitioners, AIADR
Chairman and Members of DRAC

DRAC shall be formed by 2020, and applications are invited from professionals meeting the eligibility criteria set below.

The Committee Members of the DRAC shall comprise of the following members as a minimum requirement:

3 CMs to be senior international practitioners in relevant fields of ADR and qualified in common law, civil law and Islamic legal services;
1 CM each from educational institutions as deans / professors of law actively teaching law with specialization in the field of adjudication, mediation, arbitration and expert determination;
1 CM from ADR services institutions; and
Rest of the CMs shall be leading arbitrators, mediators, neutrals and adjudicators with extensive experience in dispute resolution.

Events Development & Management Committee (EDMC)

In accordance with the Constitution and Vision of the Institute, the GC has delegated its powers to EDMC for promoting and advancement of the Objects of the Institute, in pursuit of achieving the Vision and Mission of the Institute. The role of the EDMC is to develop policies, regulations, rules, standard operating procedures and guidelines as necessary to manage and supervise the events, public education programmes and advancement of efficient dispute resolution forums, to promote economic activities without disruptions.

- EDMC shall be responsible for developing and organizing the Institute’s events, conferences, seminars, roadshows and ADR related public awareness programs.

Marketing and Communications Committee (MCC)

The MCC shall be the voice of the Institute and a vital link between the membership of the Institute, industry segments and the global ADR forums. The GC empowers the MCC to be the contact centre for disseminating all updates, news and programs of the Institute to the target recipients in timely and cost effective manner. The role of the MCC is to develop policies, regulations, rules, standard operating procedures and guidelines as necessary to manage the marketing activities of the Institute in coordination with the Secretariat, MDC, DRAC, PDEC, EDMC and as directed by the GC.

Editorial Sub-Committee (ESC)

The Editorial Sub-Committee (ESC) is a vital organ of the Marketing & Communication Committee (MCC) and the Institute. ESC shall be the voice of the Institute and an umbilical link between the membership of the Institute, industry segments and the global ADR forums. The GC empowers the ESC to be the contact centre for disseminating all updates, news, and programs of the Institute to the target recipients in a timely and cost-effective manner.

The role of the ESC is to:
- Set the highest standards of quality for professional writing styles, research, and evidence-based articles; and
- Develop guidelines and criteria for objective screening and review of all types of incoming contributions, publications and peer-reviewed reports, etc.

Editorial Sub-Committee 2021 – 2022

No.	Name	Designation	Country	Membership level
1	Dennis Wilson	Chairperson	Australia	Fellow
2	Sagar Kulkarni	Vice Chairperson	India	Fellow
3	Lam Wai Pan, Wilson	Member	Hong Kong	Fellow
4	Ramalingam Vallinayagam	Member	India	Associate
5	Dmitry Marenkov	Member	Germany	Fellow
6	Wilson Ho Sheen Lik	Member	Malaysia	Fellow
7	Dr. Shahrizal M Zin	Member	Malaysia	Fellow
8	Tham Soon Seong	Member	Malaysia	Member
9	Nur Emma Mustaffa	Member	Malaysia	Fellow

Sagar Kulkarni

FAIADR, FCIArb, Founder Advocate of LexWit

Chairperson

Sagar is a Masters level educated entrepreneur currently running his own law firm, LexWit. Sagar has over 11 years of versatile experience in the field of legal research, contracts, litigation, arbitration, commercial laws, tax laws, business laws. Sagar is known for assisting and advising his clients with an aim to achieve their goals by providing strategic and commercially focused advice keeping in mind global standards. Till date Sagar has successfully advised industries in sectors such as manufacturing, IT, commercial & infrastructure projects, construction, engineering, infrastructure, renewable energy, automobiles etc. Sagar is well connected with International Institutes & Legal fraternity.

Sagar regularly represents his clients as Counsel before various Judicial Forums and sits as arbitrator/mediator in International Arbitrations and Mediations. He has also written various articles for publications including Transnational Dispute Settlement (TDM). He is a Fellow Member of the of the AIADR (FAIADR) as well as the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), UK.

Sagar believes in opportunities where he is able to spread his legal experience & knowledge to combat routine business situations.

Education

LLM (International Dispute Settlement), University of Geneva and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland (Hans Wilsdorf Scholar).
Certificate in International Commercial Arbitration & Award Writing, Queen Mary University, London.
BSL LLB, D.E.S Law College (Fergusson), Pune University, India.

Wilson Ho Sheen Lik

Partner – Ho Partnership

Member

Wilson is a co-founder of Ho Partnership.

Briefly, Wilson’s areas of practice primarily involve litigation, arbitration and advisory with a special focus on construction law, corporate & company law, insolvency law, partnership law, oil & gas law, and multimedia & telecommunication law.

In particular, he has advised and acted for:

employers, contractors and sub-contracts on a variety of construction disputes whether on standard forms or bespoke contracts.
directors and shareholders on corporate disputes or ‘boardroom battles.
insolvency practitioners such as liquidators and receivers & managers on insolvency disputes.

Aside from advising and representing clients on resolving disputes, Wilson also provides corporate legal advisory services such as drafting of various corporate related agreements which are important and critical for any business entities including MNCs, SMEs and even business start-ups.

Wilson is a Panel Adjudicator with the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) and regularly conducts adjudication proceedings under the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (CIPAA 2012), both as Counsel and Adjudicator.

His professional affiliations are as follows:

Panel Adjudicator (AIAC)
Fellow of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (FAIADR)
Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)
Member of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (MMIArb)
Member of the Society of Construction Law
Member of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Malaysia
Member of The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn

Dr. Nur Emma BT Mustaffa

Member

Associate Professor Dr Nur Emma Mustaffa is currently a lecturer at the Quantity Surveying Department, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying UTM, Johor. She holds a degree in law and teaches courses with legal inputs in the department. She is also an Accredited Adjudicator (AIAC) and Fellows of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (AiADR). Her research interest centers around Construction Law, Procurement, Dispute Resolution and Building Information Modelling contracts. She developed the BIM Educational Framework for the quantity surveying students in Malaysia with a colleague. Apart from that, she is also the Editorial Board Member of the International Journal Built Environment and Sustainability and Journal of Science, Technology and Policy. She publishes and reviews papers for internationally acclaimed journals and conferences from time to time. She also has PhD and MSc students who have successful completed their research under her supervision.

Dmitry Marenkov

LLM, FAIADR, FCIArb, FHKIArb

Member

Dmitry Marenkov is a German qualified lawyer, focusing on international dispute resolution and international business law. A Fellow of the Asian Institute of ADR and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Dmitry has participated in over 30 international arbitrations, including appointments as sole arbitrator and presiding arbitrator. He is also an Accredited Mediator (London School of Mediation).

Having studied law at the University of Cologne (Germany), University College London and the University of Dundee (LLM, UK), he has published a number of articles on international dispute resolution and also appeared as speaker and moderator in seminars and conferences. Dmitry speaks English, Russian and German fluently.

Since 2019 Dmitry Marenkov has been a member of the Approved Faculty List of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (European Branch). He is also part of the Editorial Council of the journal “Commercial Arbitration” published by the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Due to his interest in dispute resolution in Asia, Dmitry Marenkov joined the AIADR in 2018 and was elected to serve on its Editorial Sub-Committee for the term 2020-2022.

Lam Wai Pan, Wilson

Honorary Doctorate in Law, MIPostDocA, Adjunct Professor of SABI University on ADR, Guest Professor of Peking University, Yuenpei Business School and Academy of Experts, B.A.(A.S.), B.Arch (Dist), MSc. Const. & Econ., MBA (1st Class Hon), MSc Finance (1st Class Hon), MSc. Marketing (1st Class Hon), LLM (Arb. & DR), HKIA, RIBA, Registered Architect (HK), AP(Architect), PMP®, MCIArb, FHKIArb, FAIADR, BEAM Pro., FICM-MCN, APMG-Agile P, Prince 2® Practitioner, ITIL® Expert, ITIL MP, ITIL Digital Leader CIC Cert. BIM Manager, HKIA BIM Pro Assessor, Certified PECB ISO 31000 Risk Manager, Certified PECB ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor, ICE & CIC Certified NEC 4 Project Manager, Cert. Block-chain Architect, Cert. Scrum Master, Cert. Big Data Scientist, Cert. Big Data Consultant, Arbitrator, Adjudicator, Accredited Mediator, CEDR Trained Assessor, Expert Witness

Member

Wilson Lam is an architect, authorized person and project management professional, an Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Expert and ITTIL 4: Digital and IT Leader, Certified Block-chain Architect and Certified Big Data Consultant in background for building and construction projects as well as IT and BIM related projects in background. He is also an arbitrator, accredited mediator, adjudicator and expert witness in background.

He is a Fellow Member of the Asian Institute of ADR, Fellow Member of Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators. He is the Adjunct Professor on Alternative Dispute Resolution for SABI University in France and Adjunct Professor on Academy of International Dispute Resolution and Professional Negotiations. He also serves as Guest Professor of Peking University, Yuenpei Business School and Academy of Experts. He was graduated in the LLM (Arbitration & Dispute Resolution) in the University of Hong Kong and conferred Honorary Doctorate in Laws by the SABI University of France. In addition of being listed in various arbitrator, adjudicator, mediator and expert witness panels, he is currently the Council Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, Ex-Com Member and Hon. Treasurer of the Hong Kong Mediation Council, Arbitrators Appointment Advisory Board of the HKIAC and Alternate Director of JMHO.

Cheng Ho Wah @ Roland

SOLE PROPRIETOR of ROLAND CHENG & CO

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Business Development & International Relations Committee (BDIRC)

The BDIRC shall be the strategic think tank of the Institute, responsible for steering the direction and achieving the vision of the Institute. The GC empowers the BDIRC to be the strategic planning and business development committee. The role of the BDIRC is to develop policies, regulations, rules, standard operating procedures and guidelines as necessary to develop and incorporate the Branches, Regional Centres of AIADR and International Representations of the Institute in consultation with the GC.

Audit Committee (AC)

The role of the Audit Committee is to ensure integrity of the internal controls and adequacy of checks within AIADR are of highest standard, for compliance with the Malaysian and Asian Laws and international principles of Corporate Governance like:

OECD Principle of CG (D.7): Ensuring the integrity of the corporation’s accounting and financial reporting systems, including the independent audit, and that appropriate systems of control are in place, in particular, systems for risk management, financial and operational control, and compliance with the law and relevant standards.

MEMBERSHIP & GRADES

LEARNER & LIFELONG LEARNER MEMBERS

ASSOCIATE

MEMBER

FELLOW

CERTIFIED PRACTITIONER / CERTIFIED INTERNATIONAL PRACTITIONER

CORPORATE MEMBER

HONORARY FELLOWS

Membership Segments

AIADR is the membership based Institute and its members are committed to the AIADR Mission, Mission, Values and Code of Ethics. The members of the Institute will determine the directions and future of the Institute.

The Institute as a membership organisation invites and welcomes all elite professionals from across the globe, to join as individuals or corporate organisations, from a broad range of industries and segments of the economy, with added qualifications, knowledge and experience in legal forums and dispute resolution practices.

In accordance with the AIADR Membership Regulations, the Applicants seeking to become members of the Institute must satisfy the prerequisites of membership set out in these Regulations.

The interested persons, institutions or body corporate shall be able to apply for or be awarded with membership of the Institute. As an individual, generally the applicant would have:

passed the designated course(s)/Module(s) as prescribed by these Regulations; or such course(s)/Module(s) which in the opinion of the Council is equivalent to the Course(s)/ Module(s) so prescribed by the Council, and may be treated as having passed such prescribed Course(s)/Module(s) by the Council; or has met the criteria for corporate membership or institutional membership or of supporting organization, as described in these Regulations;
undertaken such period of relevant experience in ADR or other related fields, as provided in these Regulations; and
Satisfied such other requirements as to its suitability for admission to the register of membership of the Institute.

Benefits of Membership

The benefits for individual membership common to all classes of membership are:

Recognition of the professional profile of an individual committed to the highest code of ethics and conduct
Certificate of Membership of the AIADR
Career progression to higher levels of achievements
Participation at Member rates for all events and courses of the AIADR
Discounts for events organized by other Institutions where AIADR is the supporting organization
Bi-Monthly Newsletter and Quarterly Journal
Access to publishing your own Blog at the Institute’s website
Access to network of members online
Eligible to apply for mentee program
Participation in discussion forums, moots and talks on special topics by experts, in different jurisdictions, close to members’ home State
Eligibility to join Branches
Voting rights for election of the Office bearers for Governance of AIADR
Belonging to an elite group in the ADR sector for promotion of trade and cohesive relations across cultural boundaries

In addition to the common benefits additional rights and privileges according to the Class of Individual Membership of AIADR, members shall enjoy different rights, benefits and privileges as prescribed in the Institute’s Constitution, Regulations and Rules of the Institute.

General Eligibility Criteria for All Grades of Membership

The following mandatory requirements are applicable for all grades of membership of the Institute:

Natural persons of sound mind and noble character
Must not be an undischarged bankrupt
Must not be under any criminal investigation or serving criminal sentence at the time of application
Should not be an expelled member of any other institute in the world, on disciplinary grounds
Committed to the AIADR Vision, Mission, Values and Code of Ethics

Permanent Committees

Membership Development Committee (MDC)

Ankit Sanghvi

Sr Ho June Khai

Mak Ho Wang

Shashank Garg

David Geoffrey Allan Bateson

Cheng Ho Wah @ Roland

Membership Segments

Benefits of Membership

General Eligibility Criteria for All Grades of Membership

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