GMAA; London Maritime Arbitrators Association - Full Member; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK, Chartered Arbitrator: Panellist, Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration and Chinese Maritime Arbitration Centre; British Maritime Law Association; Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution, UK, Accredited @Mediator; Baltic Exchange, London; Honorary Assistant Professor of Maritime Law, University of Nottingham, UK: Editorial Board, Shipping & Trade Law

Maritime Arbitrator, Shipping & Insurance Consultant and Lecturer

Studies: University of Oxford, UK , Magdalen College, First Class Honours degree in Jurisprudence; Barrister-at-Law, Gray’s Inn; UK Positions Held: 1961-1999, various positions in the Thomas Miller group, based in London, managing mutual insurance associations, primarily for the shipping & transport industries, such as the UK Pand I Club, the UK Defence Club and the Through Transport Club. Positions included Chief Executive and Chairman of the group, Senior Partner of its partnerships and founder Chairman of its Asia Pacific holding company, based in Hong Kong; 1995 – 1997, President, British International Freight Association; 2001 - 2007, Consultant to the Comité Maritime International on Draft Transport Instrument – door-to-door issues; Publications: Various Articles in ‘Shipping and Trade Law’; Editor of Legal Case Notes Website – ‘DMC’s CaseNotes’ @www.onlinedmc.co.uk