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. The composition of CRCICA’s current Board of Trustees is showed below.

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.

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Prof. Dr. Mohamed Sameh Amr

Dr. Mohamed Sameh Amr is Dean of the faculty of Law, Cairo University and Professor of International Law; Founding and Managing Partner of Amr & Partners Law Firm (based in Cairo), attorney at law and arbitrator, Member of the Board of Trustees of CRCICA. Dr. Amr is a Board member of General Authority of Investment and Free Zones of Egypt.

Dr. Amr is also a Member in the ICSID’s panel of Arbitrators and Conciliators, member of Qatar International Centre for Conciliation and Arbitration, member of Shanghai International Arbitration Center, member of Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, member of Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration. He is also member of ICC Institute.

Dr. Amr served as a co-arbitrator, presiding arbitrator, legal expert and counsel in a number of international commercial arbitrations under the rules of CRCICA, ADCCAC, DIAC, DIFC-LCIA, QICCA, PCA and ICC.