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A: 2017.
A: David has over 35 years' experience in cotton merchanting , having started his career with Bunge Ltd Liverpool in 1975. David then moved to Bunge N.V. Antwerp for 4 years and then worked for 10 years with Allenberg Cotton Co. in Memphis TN. David has served 15 years as Director of Louis Dreyfus Cotton International N.V. in Antwerp Belgium and 8 years as a Director with Louis Dreyfus Suisse S.A.in Geneva Switzerland .
A: Technical.
A: David is a Past President of ICA (2008/09) and has served on Board of Directors for 10 years as well as various committees.
UK
A: ICA Qualified arbitrator since 1992, with extensive experience of technical arbitration and appeals, drafting same, and also quality arbitration experience since 1995
A: 25 years of arbitration experience in both technical and quality areas, including sole arbitrator role. B. A Hons in Modern Languages, Diploma in Law, London, Called to the Bar by Lincoln’s Inn, London 1989. Languages: French, German, Spanish
A: Anderson Kingsmead Consulting
A: Extensive experience with, and membership of, both Arbitration and Rules Committees for over 20 years, including preparation of papers on relevant Arbitration Law changes under English Law. Ordinary Director of the ICA for 11 years during the period 1998 to 2010.
England, UK
A: 2000.
A: 18 years’ experience of technical arbitration. Bill started his career as a trainee trader with Cargill. He has lived and traded cotton in Africa, India and China and headed Asia and the European and Black Sea regions for Louis Dreyfus, before starting his own company in 2018. Fully fluent in French, Bill is an English native language speaker.
A: Technical.
A: Dragontree.
A: Former Board member of the International Cotton Association Ltd 2003 to 2007. Current ICA Board member 2015 - present.
Greece
A: 2010.
A: Quality and Technical.
A: 25 years’ experience in cotton trade. Current Vice-President of the Centro Algodonero Nacional – Spain.
A: VIOLAR S.A.
A: Member of ICA Rules Committee and Arbitration Strategy Committee.
United Kingdom
A: 10 years.
A: James has been involved in the cotton industry for 21 years . The first 9 years with Wakefield Inspection Services Ltd and then with Cargill Cotton Ltd for the past 12 years . James has been an ICA member for 20 years
A: Quality arbitrator
A: Cargill Cotton Ltd
A: James has been a member of the ICA Quality committees for 18 years and Chairman for the last 5. James has been a member of the ICA Value Differences committee for the last 10 years and is a current member of the ICA Quality Arbitration Strategy Committee.
Switzerland
A: 2003.
A: Technical.
A: Dunavant SA.
A: Former Board Member of ICA Rules Committee and Values differentials.
United Kingdom
A: 2006.
A: Jean-Marc holds ICA arbitration qualifications Level 3 and has been a cotton trader for 21 years, becoming Managing Director of a Liverpool firm in 2009, and Global Head of Cotton Trading at Engelhart Commodities Trading Partners in 2014.
A: Technical.
A: Engelhart Commodities Trading Partners (ECTP).
A: Former ICA Board member and past ICA President.
United Kingdom
A: 2005.
A: Quality and Technical.
A: Jonathan is a Level 3 qualified ICA Arbitrator and has 35 years’ experience in the cotton trading industry, previously working for Baumann Hinde, Central Cotton in UK and Louis Dreyfus Company in Geneva.
A: Current Chairman of ICA Value Differences Committee.
Canada
A: 2009.
A: Technical Arbitrator.
A: Changzhou Keteng Textile Co Ltd, China
A: Former member of ICA Rules Committee. Current member of China Country Focus Group.
USA
A: Bruce has both ICA and other international trade arbitration experience and has a law practice specialising in international trade.
A: Bruce has been an ICA arbitrator for over five years.
A: Technical Arbitrator.
A: Southern States Forwarding, Inc., and the Law office of Bruce V. Friedman.
A: ICA accredited mediator.
Germany
A: Over 20 years.
A: 30 years’ experience in cotton trading.
President of the Bremen Cotton Association.
Chairman CICCA.
Member of EU Cotton Advisory Group.
A: Quality and Technical.
A: Albrecht, Mueller-Pearse & Co. Trade.
A: President of ICA, 10 years LCA/ICA Board experience, various committees.
Taiwan (Probationary Arbitrator)
A: Probationary arbitrator since 2017.
A: Technical.
A: Formosa Trading Co., Ltd.
A: Alex has been an ICA Board Director since 2016.
England, UK
A: 30 years.
A: BA (Hons).
A: Technical.
A: RCMA.
A: Member of ICA Rules committee, member of Arbitration Strategy Committee, member of ICA Board of Directors, member of the Finance and Governance Committee.
Dallas,Tx USA (Probationary Arbitrator)
A: 2012
A: Industrial Engineer with a Masters in Business Administration. 23 years experience in the Cotton business and ICA Individual Member
A: Technical
A: ECOM Cotton Group: ECOM USA, LLC, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
USA
A: 2005.
A: Jordan completed arbitrator’s coursework and passed necessary ICA exams. Jordan has presented on ICA arbitration at various conferences and programs like ICA Bremen, ACSA Cotton School and ICA Complete Cotton. Jordan is also an ACSA Arbitrator and Memphis Cotton Exchange Arbitrator.
A: Quality and Technical.
A: DECA Global.
Brazil
A: Andrew Macdonald worked for the Bunge Group for 43 years in England, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Argentina, Brazil and the United States. Andrew has spent 33 years in Brazil and the world-wide cotton business covering growing, ginning, trading, financing, hedging, cotton spinning, textile management and also international consulting. Retired in 2002, Andrew today owns AMCON Consulting, a cotton and textile consulting company.
A: Technical.
A: Amcon Consultaria Textil Ltda.
A: Past ICA President, Chairman of the Spinners Committee of the International Textile Manufacturing Federation (ITMF). Chairman of the Task Force for Commercial Standardization of Instrument Testing of Cotton (CSITC). ICAC Director and Member of the Board. Board member of the International Textile Manufacturing Federation (ITMF). Official Delegate of the Brazilian Government at Plenary Meetings of ICAC. Member of the Steering Committee for the International Cotton Committee for Testing Methods (ICCTM). Past member of the Advisory Committee of the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI).
A: Decorated by Her Majesty the Queen for services to the British Community in Sao Paulo (OBE). Awarded Brazil’s ABRAPA “Cotton Personality of the Year” in 2003.
USA
A: Tim began his cotton career in 1978 with Weil Brothers-Cotton Inc and joined ECOM Cotton Group in 2009 where he is currently Co-CEO of ECOM USA. Tim is a past President of the Western Cotton Shippers Association and is Vice Chairman of the American Cotton Shippers Association. Tim also serves on the board of the National Cotton Council of America.
A: Technical.
A: ECOM USA.
A: Member of ICA Board. Member of ICA Pool of Chairmen. Tim serves on both the Arbitration Strategy Committee and ICA Rules Committee.
Turkey
A: 2014
A: Leon has worked for Orta Anadolu since 1999, responsible for cotton buying. Leon is Founder and current Chairman of IPUD (Good Cotton Practices Association - Strategic Partner of BCI in Turkey) and is a Board member of National Cotton Council of Turkey.
A: Quality
A: Leon is a current board member of ICA Ltd since 2016, a member of ICA Rules Committee and a member of ICA Cotton Consumers Committee.
Singapore
A: 25 years.
A: Fellow SIArb - Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
A: Quality and Technical.
A: ECOM Cotton Group, Singapore.
A: Former member of Board of Directors ICA. Former Chairman ICA Rules Committee. Member of Arbitration Strategy Committee.
Beijing, China
A: 2014.
A: Technical.
UK
A: Nigel started conducting arbitrations in 1994 and mediations in 1998 before moving on to chairing arbitrations in 2001.
A: Technical Arbitrator.
A: Eastgate Trading Limited.
A: Served as ICA Director for two terms (2001-2007 and 2008-2014). Founding Member of Arbitration Strategy Committee 2001-2016. Founding Member of Training Committee 2001-2010. Member of Board Strategy Subcommittee 2011-2014.
A: Co-edited both ICA Arbitration Examination papers for Beginner and Advanced Examinations and past examiner for the ICA Arbitration Examinations.
A: Nigel is a past Member of GAFTA, FOSFA, RSPO and CMA – all commodity organisations serving the grain, animal feed, palm oil and carbon markets.
A: 1. Agribusiness and Commodity Risk - 1 Sep 2003, Risk Books
2.Commodity Price Risk Management - Case Study -2004, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
3. Agribusiness Price Risk Management for African Cotton Producers - A presentation to the European Commission Paris 5-6th July 2004
4. Farm sector targets $500bn funding gap, $1.7 trillion bonanza at stake, 26 April, 2013 The Australian
Xhangjiajang, China
A: 2016.
A: Quality.
A: 10 years' experience in cotton inspection.
A: Zhangjiagang Academy of Inspection and Detection
A: Member of ICA Quality Arbitration Committee.
England, UK
A: 30 years acting as Quality and Technical sole arbitrator, member and Chairman of First Tier and Appeal Arbitration Tribunals.
A: 40 years’ experience in the raw cotton trade as director of brokerage and trading companies.
Conducting international cotton workshops on behalf of ICA in Vietnam, Brazil, Turkey, Bangladesh and India.
Presenter at ICA’s annual Complete Cotton course. Consultancy services including advising on technical and quality disputes, case preparation and ICA Bylaws and Rules.
Project work in Central Asia and West Africa including assisting in the establishment of a cotton processing factory, site inspections, bale inspections, reporting on best practice for take up, classing, and cotton management systems in various countries.
International raw cotton consultant.
A: Quality and Technical.
A: D.A.T Arbitration & Consultancy.
A: Former President and Board member of the Liverpool Cotton Association Ltd.
Chairman and member of various quality and technical advisory committees.
Current chairman of ICA Quality Arbitration Strategy committee.
Germany
A: 2005.
A: Technical.
A: Cotton Service International GmbH.
England, UK
A: 2000.
A: Technical.
A: Former member of ICA Board of Directors, member of Arbitration Strategy Committee.
England, UK
A: 1999.
A: Jamie has acted as arbitrator and Chairman at First-Tier and Appeal level in a wide range of disputes. Jamie has extensive award drafting experience.
A: Technical Arbitrator.
A: DJW Cotton Consulting Limited/ International Cotton Agency (ical) Limited.
A: ICA Board member, Chairman of Arbitration Strategy Committee (ASC), Rules Committee member, Chairman of Consumers Board Working Group, Quality ASC member.
A: ICA/ CEDR Accredited Mediator.
England, UK
A: 2015.
A: ICA arbitration qualifications Level 3.
Member of ICA.
15 years’ experience in the cotton industry working for Plexus and Cargill including a five-year spell in Shanghai.
Currently based in Liverpool with Cargill Cotton.
A: Technical.
A: Earlam and Hursthouse
A: Former Board member of ICA Rules Committee.
Current member of ICA Arbitration Strategy Committee.
UK
A: 20 years’ experience of technical arbitration.
A: Technical Arbitrator.
A: Sterling Cotton Ltd, DGLW Consultancy Ltd.
A: Chairman of the ICA Rules Committee, member of ICA's Arbitration Strategy Committee.
A: David started his career as a trainee trader with A. Meredith Jones & Co. Ltd. before starting his own trading company in 2000. Fluent in French, David is an English native language speaker. David is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a consultant at The International Dispute Resolution Centre (The IDR Group) and holds a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration from Queen Mary’s University, London.
Beijing China (Probationary Arbitrator)
A: I did arbitrations during 2012-2014 on module 1 and 2 qualifies.
A: Technical
A: Hebei Xingyu Textile Raw Material Co Ltd.
A: Non-Executive member of ASC
Switzerland (Probationary Arbitrator)
A: 2016.
A: Technical Arbitrator.
A: Louis Dreyfus Company Suisse SA.
A: ICA probation arbitrator since 2016. 10 years’ experience in cotton trading platform with Louis Dreyfus Company, including 5 years in Louis Dreyfus China.
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