Mediator Resume

A professional Mediator, Facilitator, Arbitrator and Trainer as well as ADR Institution CEO with over 30 years experience working around the world in 40+ countries on all continents involving parties from 50+ nationalities.

International Mediator & Director - Gulf Mediation Worldwide International Dispute Resolution Specialist & Co-Founder - IDRS (International Dispute Resolution Specialists)

Advisor, Arbitrator, Board Member, Conciliator, Senior Executive (CEO), Facilitator, Mediator, Trainer

Mediation clients from around the world - sample list: Australia Bahrain Brazil BVI. Canada China Denmark Egypt Estonia France. Germany Greece Haiti Hungary. India Ireland Italy Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Luxembourg Malaysia Morocco New Zealand Netherlands Nigeria Oman Pakistan Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Africa Spain Sudan Sweden Switzerland Syria Turkey UAE UK. USA = 40+ states GULF MEDIATION International MEDIATOR - International Commercial Disputes Nov. 2023 - To Present Mediating Commercial, Banking, Crypto, Construction, Employment, IP, Healthcare and Projects among others. INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION SPECIALISTS (IDRS) Oct 2013 - To Present Among international clients - e.g.: * World Bank Group appointed Mediation and Arbitration Advisor-Trainer for Central Asian government clients. US Department of Commerce Commercial Law Development Program retained as a Mediation & Arbitration Expert & Trainer to design and deliver commercial arbitration workshops to in-house counsels, senior executives and parliamentarians. Bahrain National Dialogue 2011. SAUDI CENTER FOR COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION (SCCA) Sep 2014 - Present Co-Founder, Project Leader & Special Counsel + MEDIATOR BAHRAIN CHAMBER FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION (BCDR-AAA) Mar 2008 - Sept 2013 Co-Founder & CEO + MEDIATOR AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION - Central Europe & Eurasian Legal Initiative 2005 - 2008 Country Director, Advisor & Trainer - Ministry of Justice, Kingdom of Bahrain & MENA Region NATIONAL MEDIATION (acquired Mosten Mediation) Sacramento /Los Angeles 1999 - 2005 Vice President & Practitioner + MEDIATOR Mediating cases for clients; e.g. MacDonalds, GSA, US Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Tenet Healthcare, Toyota etc CANADIAN DISPUTE RESOLUTION CORPORATION, Toronto                       1994 - 1999 Vice President & ADR Practitioner + Bilingual (English/French) MEDIATOR Mediating cases: e.g. CIBC, Royal Bank, Canadian Business Development Bank et al Insurance Companies, employers across Canada. INTERMEDIARY ASSOCIATES, Toronto 1993 - 1994 ADR Facilitator and Manager 

An international Rule of Law & ADR Expert with over 25 years experience within public and private sectors as Mediator, Facilitator, Arbitrator, Trainer, Advisor & Systems Designer. A bilingual (English/French) Senior Executive (CEO), Practitioner & Conflict Management Expert, with consensus building experience working in sensitive environments internationally. An innovator and thought leader in the field of Dispute Resolution (DR), with extensive experience managing and working with diverse groups in collaborative project management and problem solving – additionally as a mediation and arbitration trainer & presenter. An advocate who works with individuals and organizations within the private and public sectors to promote interpersonal, organizational and systemic change as well as undertake outreach to a broad range of community, industry and government groups interested in mediation, arbitration, legal & judicial reform and legislation. With proven research, diagnostic and organizational management skills alongside extensive Mediation Systems Design, Curriculum Development, Trainer, Practitioner and Consulting experience in over 40 countries. Dual Citizen: Canada & U.S.A.

A successful bilingual (English and French) Mediator, has mediated hundreds of disputes. Internationally: many mediations that were multi-party, multi-jurisdictional, multi-cultural, multi-generational, multi-faceted and highly contentious, often older disputes with parallel arbitration of litigious processes underway, or as part of a step or tiered ADR clause within a contract. Parties included individuals, investors, shareholders, partnerships, corporations, multinationals, family-run businesses, state and crown corporations. North America: including numerous * contractual and financial services (e.g. Bank of America, Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto Dominion Bank and Canadian Business Development Bank), * insurance (e.g. AXA, Progressive and Zurich), * medical malpractice (e.g. Tenet Healthcare and University of California) * other commercial and employment disputes (e.g. McDonald's, Toyota and US Marine Corps & Navy) * as well as serving as a court connected mediator for the court programs of Ontario, Canada and California, USA, among others.

Aviation Banking Construction Contracts Cross-Border Crypto Employment EEOC E&O Family-Run Businesses Franchise Geo-Political Government Contracts Procurement (e.g. GSA) Healthcare / Senior Care Indigenous / Native Americans Insurance (e.g. Property & Casualty) Intellectual Property (IP) & Technology Professional Liability & Indemnity Medical Malpractice Organizational Partnerships Real Estate Shipping Succession among others

Interest-based mediation process yields optimal results for parties. I am able to vary my styles, processes and approaches to suit the particular parties and their mutually agreed upon preferences.

Extensive working knowledge & use of online platforms like Zoom, Teams among others includes successfully conducting online mediation sessions and related meetings. If parties so choose, can conduct mediations and related meetings remotely via online platforms. Proficient in all the various software, applications and systems related to Apple and Microsoft: * Pages * Word * Keypoint * PowerPoint * Numbers * Excel etc. * Teams * Zoom * Other Uses them all daily in practice and related activities.

University of Oxford (LL.M.); University of Edinburgh (LL.B.); University of Toronto (Honours Year, History); Bishop's University, (B.A., History & Political Science). Professional Certificates: * “An Asian Perspective on Mediation – Face, Guanxi & Hierarchy” Advanced Mediation Workshop Singapore Mediation Centre * Organisational Ombudsman Seminars International Bar Association * Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration Course [60+hours] Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Keble College, Oxford * Ombudsman Training [70+ hours} Ombudsman: Communicating Across Cultures Ombudsman Deposition Training Intermediate Ombudsman Training The Ombudsman Association, USA * Arbitration Training Commercial Mediation Training Advanced Commercial Mediation Training Bank Mediation Training Canadian Dispute Resolution Corporation * Alternative Dispute Resolution Courses [100+ hours] University of Waterloo, York University

Member, Chartered Institute or Arbitrators - CIArb Member, International Ombudsman Association - IOA Member, International Bar Association - IBA Member, American Bar Association - ABA

2025: * Mediation Workshop - Qatar Lawyers Association, Qatar International * Court and Dispute Resolution Centre & Gulf Mediation - Doha - Presenter * Mediation Workshop - Oman Lawyers Association, Oman Arbitration Centre and Gulf Mediation - Muscat - Presenter * Saudi Lawyers Association and Gulf Mediation - Riyadh - Presenter * 20th ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition - Paris - Mediator 2024:<br> * LLM Int’l Business Litigation (University Paris Est Créteil) <br>LLM Contentieux International Des Affaires Approfondi per Professor Arnaud de Nanteuil - Webinar - Lecturer * Gulf Mediation Roundtable & Family Business Mediation - Riyadh - Presenter * Family Business Mediation - Interviewed as Expert- Jeddah - Expert * 19th ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition - Paris - Mediator 2023: * Organization of Islamic Cooperation ADR Centre @ COMCEC - Istanbul - Presenter * Gulf Lawyers Union (GLU) - Mediation Workshop - Dubai - Trainer * International Bar Association - Mediation Section Roundtable - Paris - Presenter * Gulf Mediation Roundtable - Dubai Arbitration Week - Dubai - Presenter * Pakistan’s International Centre - Mediation Workshop - Webinar - Presenter * LLM Int’l Business Litigation (University Paris Est Créteil) <br>per Professor Arnaud de Nanteuil - Lecturer * International Justice Conference (ICJ) “Digital, AI & ADR” - Riyadh - Trainer. * UNCITRAL Working Group - UN/KSA affiliated event - New York - Moderator * KSA Ministry of Commerce & National Competitiveness - New York - Moderator 2022: * Israeli International Arbitration Centre @ DIFC Courts - Dubai - Presenter * Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration @ Dubai Arb Week - Dubai - Moderator * LexisNexis, McNair and LSE&W ‘Gulf Disputes’ Seminar - London - Presenter * Indian Supreme Court NIVAARAN Mediation Master class - Lead Lecturer * Sri Lankan ADR Practitioners - Master Class - Lecturer * 17th ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition - Paris - Mediator * Mediation Workshop Bahrain Judicial Council & US Govt - Manama - Trainer 2021: * UNCITRAL - Singapore Convention on Mediation - Webinar - Moderator * <br>Dubai Arbitration Week - Dubai - Moderator US Commercial Law Development Program - Mediation - LeadTrainer Sri Lanka Mediation Competition - Colombo - Mediator 16th ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition - Paris - Mediator 2020: * Bahrain Ministry of Justice 40-hr Mediation Training - Manama - Lead Trainer * UNCITRAL Mediation & Jamaica International Arb Centre - Jamaica - Presenter <br>* Bangladesh TV - Mediation - Bangladesh - Presenter * SCCA Emergency Mediation Program (EMP) - MENA - Presenter * SCCA Emergency Mediation Program (EMP) - MENA - Trainer * 15th ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition - Paris - Mediator 2019: * Global Dispute Resolution - Pepperdine University - Malibu, California - Presenter * Sri Lanka ADR Consultancy - CORE & USAID - Colombo - Expert in Residence * Morocco Centre ADR 5-day Mediation Training - Marrakech - Lead Trainer * Maldives Arbitration Center (including Mediation models) - Malé - Lead Trainer * Asian ADR Centres - Arbitration Advisory - Hong Kong Facilitator * Sri Lanka Arbitration Center - Arbitration Advisory - Hong Kong - Facilitator ARTICLES contributed to Global Arbitration Review: * Saudi Arabia Featured in The Middle Eastern and African Arbitration Review 2024 * A progress report on Saudi Arabia’s arbitration-friendliness Featured in The Middle Eastern and African Arbitration Review 2023 * A progress report on Saudi Arabia’s arbitration-friendliness Featured in The Middle Eastern and African Arbitration Review 2022 * Saudi Arabia Featured in The Middle Eastern and African Arbitration Review 2021

Toronto, CANADA Also is often in different parts of the world, and often able to not charge parties for travel to the following: Middle East: North Africa (MENA) Region USA: Chicago, IL; New York, NY; and Washington, DC

Hourly Rate: Not provided Daily Rate: $5,000.00 Study Rate: $650.00/hr Cancellation: $2,500.00/Day Cancellation Period: 14 Days Comment: Offices: Amman (Jordan), London (UK), Manama (Bahrain), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), and Toronto (Canada).

English; French

Canada; United States of America

Canada