ICAS Members

Mrs Tjasa Andrée-Prosenc (Slovenia)

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Master of law; Attorney at law; President of the Slovene Skating Union; Member of the Executive Board of Slovene National Olympic Committee (NOC); Council Member of the International Skating Union (ISU); Member of the IBU Legal Committee; ISU Referee for championships and Winter Olympic Games; Arbitrator with the International Biathlon Union (IBU).

Me Robert Briner (Suisse)

Genève, Suisse

Avocat, arbitre indépendant, membre de l'International Council for Commercial Arbitration; membre du Comité de l'Association Suisse de l'Arbitrage; ancien Président de la Cour Internationale d'arbitrage de la Chambre de Commerce Internationale; ancien Président de l'Iran-US Claims Tribunal, La Haye.

M. Ricardo Contreras Hernandez (Mexique)

Mexico D.F., Mexique

Licencié en droit; Associé du bureau juridique Hernandez y Asociados, Mexico; membre du Comité National Olympique du Mexique; Président de la Commission juridique de l'Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (AIBA); Vice-président de l'AIBA.

H.E. Judge Nabil Elaraby (Egypt)

Cairo, Egypt

Judge at the International Court of Justice, The Hague (2001-2006). Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague, since 2005. Member of the International Law Commission of the United Nations (1994-2001). Judge, Judicial Tribunal of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, since 1990. Commissioner at the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva (1999-2001). Legal Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1976-1978), (1983-1987).Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations in Geneva (1987-1991) and in New York (1991-1999). Ambassador to India (1981-1983). At present Senior Partner, Dr. Zaki Hashem & Partners, Attorneys at Law, Cairo, Egypt.

S.E. le Juge Abdallah El Khani (Syrie)

Damas, Syrie

Ancien membre de la Cour Internationale de Justice à la Haye. Ancien membre de la Cour Internationale d'Arbitrage de la CCI. Ancien membre et Vice-président de la Sous Commission des NU pour la prévention de la discrimination et pour la protection des minorités (à Genève). Ancien représetant de la Syrie auprès de l'UNESCO à Paris. Ancien membre de la Cour Constitutionnelle de la Fédération de Bosnie & Herzegovine à Sarajevo. Ancien Ambassadeur dans plusieurs pays européens et asiatiques. Ancien ministre du Tourisme et Ministre des Affaires Etrangères a.i. de Syrie.

Mr Michael Hwang (Singapore)

Singapore

Barrister and Chartered Arbitrator; Senior Counsel (Singapore). Commissioner of the United Nations Compensation Commission (from 2000 to 2003). Vice Chairman of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce. Vice-President of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration. Singapore's Non-Resident Ambassador to Switzerland. Deputy Chief Justice of the Court of the Dubai International Financial Centre.

HRH Tunku Imran (Malaysia)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

LLB (Hons.) University of Nottingham. Barrister (Gray's Inn). Managing Director of Antah Holdings Berhad (1977-2001). Presently Group Chairman of the Petra Group. Member of the International Olympic Committee and its (IOC) Sport & Law Commission, and Sport for All Commission. Patron and former President of the World Squash Federation. Board Member of the International Cricket Council. President of the Olympic Council of Malaysia. Vice President of the Commonwealth Games Federation. Hon. Life President of the Southeast Asian Games Federation.

Mr Michael B. Lenard (United States)

Los Angeles, CA USA

Bachelor of Business Administration; Doctor of Law; Lawyer; Senior Managing Director of Paladin Realty Partners; Partner, Craton Equity Partners; former Partner in the international law firm of Latham & Watkins; former Vice-President of the United States Olympic Committee, former member of its Executive Committee and Board of Directors and former member Vice-Chairman of its Athletes' Advisory Council; former member of the Board of Directors of the Organizing Committee for the 1996 Olympic Games; member of the United States Olympic Team of Handball in the 1984 Olympic Games.­

M. Jean-Jacques Leu (Suisse)

Deputy President of the Ordinary Arbitration Division
Lausanne Suisse

Docteur en droit; ancien Juge au Tribunal fédéral suisse (Membre de la Cour de cassation de 1974 à 1979 et de la 1ère Cour civile de 1991à 2001).

M. Alain Plantey (France)

Paris, France

Docteur en droit; membre de l'Académie des Sciences morales et politiques; Conseiller d'Etat; Ambassadeur de France; Président d'Honneur de la Cour Internationale d'Arbitrage de la Chambre de Commerce Internationale; ancien Président de l'Institut de France.

Mr Richard W. Pound (Canada)

Montreal, Canada

Lawyer, Chancellor McGill University. Olympic finalist at the Games of the XVII Olympiad in Rome in 1960 (swimming); gold medallist and silver medallist at the 1962 Commonwealth Games (swimming). President of the Canadian Olympic Association (1977-1982); Member of the IOC Executive Board (1983-1991, 1992-1996); Vice-President of the IOC (1987-1991, 1996-2000). President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) (1999-2007).

Mrs Tricia C.M. Smith (Canada)

Vancouver, Canada

Deputy Manager & Partner Barnescraig & Associates since 1992; former Associate Lawyer (General Insurance Litigation specializing in sport & recreation claims); Arbitrator, Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada; Executive Committee member FISA, the International Rowing Federation; Contributor to the review & revision of FISA statutes including the medical code; Research & advise regarding policy & procedures for doping testing for the British Columbia Advisory Council in Drug & Sport; Executive Committe member COC, the Canadian Olympic Committee; Four time Olympian 1976, 1980 (boycott), 1984 and 1988, seven time World Championship Medalist & 1984 Olympic Silver Medalist, 1996 Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist.

Mr Ulrich Strombach (Germany)

Gummersbach, Germany

Senior Partner Jost, Strombach & Beer, Attorneys at Law in Gummersbach/Cologne (Germany). President Handballclub VfL Gummersbach (1977-1993). Vice President German Handballfederation (DHB) (1993-1998). President German Handball federation (DHB) since 1998. President Arbitration Tribunal of the International Handball Federation (IHF) since 1996.

Judge Juan R. Torruella (Puerto Rico)

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Judge, US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Attorney in private practice of law (1960-1974). Judge, US District Court for Puerto Rico (1974-1982). Chief Judge,  US District Court for Puerto Rico (1982-1984). President, Federación Nautica de Puerto Rico (PR Sailing Federation). Member, Puerto Rico Olympic Committee (1963-1996). Member, Puerto Rico Olympic Yachting Team at Olympic Games: 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984 and 1988.

Mr Gunnar Werner

Deputy President of the Appeals Arbitration Division
Torekov Sweden

Attorney at law; LLM University of Uppsala, Werner Law Office. Former President of the Swedish Swimming Federation. Former Member of the Executive Board of the Swedish Olympic Committee. Former Honorary Secretary of Fédération Internationale de Natation Amateur (FINA). Honorary Member of the FINA Bureau. Legal Adivser and Member of the FINA Legal Commission. Honorary Member of the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN). Member of the LEN Lega Commission. Former Member of the IOC Sport and Law Commission. Member of the Board of Governors of the International Masters Games Association.