Nationality: The Netherlands

EXPERIENCE

2014–2016 President, International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)

2001–    Attorney-at-Law, Hanotiau& van den Berg, Brussels (partner)

2003–2010 President, Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI)

1999–2001 Attorney-at-Law, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Amsterdam (partner)

1988–1999 Attorney-at-Law, StibbeSimont Monahan Duhot, Amsterdam (partner)

1982– Attorney-at-Law, Law Firm of Salah Hejailan, Riyadh (in association with Clifford-Turner/Van Doorne&Sjollema)

1980–1988 Attorney-at-Law, Van Doorne&SjollemaAdvocaten, Rotterdam (partner)

1980–1988 Secretary-General, Netherlands Arbitration Institute

1978–1980 TMC Asser Institute for International and European Law, The Hague, Department: International Commercial Arbitration

1975–1978 Private assistant to Professor Pieter Sanders, Schiedam, The Netherlands.

EDUCATION

18.09.1981 Erasmus University, Rotterdam. Degree: Doctor of Laws. Thesis: The New York Arbitration Convention of 1958 - Towards a Uniform Judicial Interpretation (mention: cum laude). Thesis-director: Professor Pieter Sanders

26.11.1977 University of Aix-en-Provence. Degree: Docteuren droit. Thesis: Etude comparative du droit de l'arbitrage commercial dans les pays de Common Law (mention: trèsbien). Thesisdirector: Professor RenéDavid

1974–1975 New York University, Institute of Foreign Law. Degree: Master of Comparative Jurisprudence (composite grade: A)

1973–1974 University of Aix-en-Provence, Faculty of Law. Post-doctorate course in Comparative, European and International Law

1968–1973 University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law. Degree: Master of Laws.

LANGUAGES

Dutch, English, French - Reading: German, Italian and Spanish.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC and Tsinghua University Law School, Beijing; Emeritus Professor of Law (arbitration chair), Erasmus University, Rotterdam; Member of the Faculty, University of Geneva Master of Laws in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS); Former Visiting Professor, University of Miami School of Law (2009-2012) 

Former Vice-President, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) 

Former General Editor, ICCA Publications (1986-2018) 

Member, International Advisory Board, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC); Commission on Arbitration and ADR of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris; LCIA Company, London; International Advisory Board, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC); Nominations Committee, HKIAC; Council, Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) Member, Advisory Board, Geneva University MIDS; Board of Trustees, Institute of International Commercial Law, Pace University School of Law; Executive Committee, Asian Academy of International Law (AAIL)

Member, Editorial Board, Global Arbitration Review, London; Tijdschriftvoor Arbitrage, Rotterdam; Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of World Investment &Trade Arbitrator on the Arbitral Tribunal concerning the Bank for International Settlements (Hague Treaty of 20 January 1930) 

Various panels of arbitrators, including: American Arbitration Association (AAA), New York; Arbitral Centre of the Federal Economic Chamber, Vienna; Arbitral Tribunal for Football, World Cup Division for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Geneva; Center for Arbitration and Mediation, Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada; Center for Arbitration and Conciliation, Bogotá Chamber of Commerce; CIETAC, Beijing; CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution; HKIAC; Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Indonesian Board of National Arbitration (BANI), Jakarta; International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), Washington; Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration(KLRCA); NAI; Singapore International Arbitration Centre(SIAC)