Board of Trustees (BoT)

CRCICA has a Board of Trustees (BoT) consisting of ten (10) members at least and thirty (30) members at the most appointed in consultation with AALCO from amongst eminent African and Asian personalities specialized in the fields of international arbitration, law, business, trade, investment and international relations.

The BoT may include up to 20% of its members from outside the Afro-Asian Region from amongst figures specialized in the aforementioned fields. CRCICA’s current Board of Trustees is composed of 23 members chaired by Dr. Nabil Elaraby and will include two vice-chairmen yet to be elected and 21 other eminent members from Bahrain, Cameroon, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Kuwait, Lebanon, Nigeria, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, United Arab Emirates.

The term of the BoT is four years, which may be renewed once for a similar term, unless otherwise determined due to special circumstances. The BoT carries out the functions provided for in the By-laws of the Board of Trustees. This includes meeting once a year to oversee CRCICA’s caseload and in particular the following functions:

  1. Appointing the Director of the Centre in consultation with AALCO for a four-year term, which may be renewed once for a similar term, unless otherwise determined due to special circumstances;
  2.  Setting down the general policy for achieving the objectives of the Centre; and
  3. Ratifying the Auditor’s report for each fiscal year.

Chairman

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Dr. Nabil Elaraby

Biography

Members

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Mr. Taher Hozayen

Mr. Taher Hozayen is a member of the Egyptian Bar, IBA, a Fellow of CIArb and a former MP. He is the founder and senior partner, but not the manager, of Mackean Law Firm, a firm based in Alexandria, exercising international business law, legal and business advice, contract drafting and litigation.

Mr. Hozayen has practised arbitration for almost three decades. During this period, he handled about fifty arbitration cases, in which he rose to the panel or stood before it. His arbitration practice developed gradually with the passage of time until he chaired the Cairo branch of CIArb (currently the Egypt branch) and eventually ascended the position of the branch’s Patron.

Mr. Hozayen is currently involved in studying usury. Usury often confronts arbitral panels. In-depth research on usury would inevitably lead to a comprehensive inquiry into the Islamic economic system. Though an economic system is a political issue, under Sharia law, it’s legal.

Mr. Hozayen graduated from the Faculty of Law, Cairo University. He has a Diploma in Maritime Law and another in Marine Insurance from the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Alexandria. He acquired a Master’s Degree from the University of Salford, Manchester, UK.