We are pleased to announce that Georgia Quick has been elected the new ACICA President with effect from 1 June 2021.
A partner in the dispute resolution group at Ashurst and joint head of Ashurst Australia’s international arbitration practice, Ms Quick is an experienced and accomplished counsel with significant expertise in complex arbitrations under various institutional rules as well as ad hoc proceedings. Ms Quick has a long-standing involvement with ACICA, having joined the Board in 2010 and sat on the Executive committee, as a Vice President, since 2015. She has also chaired the ACICA Appointment Committee since its exception in 2011.
Ms Quick will be supported by a diverse and highly experienced leadership team drawn from various sectors of the arbitration community. The team comprises three Vice Presidents; Judith Levine (Independent Arbitrator, Levine Arbitration), Jonathon Redwood SC (Banco Chambers / List A Barristers) and Gitanjali Bajaj (Partner, DLA Piper) and Treasurer Martin Cairns (Sapere Forensic), all of whom were also elected to office bearer roles at ACICA’s AGM on 31 May 2021, and additional Executive directors Brenda Horrigan (Independent Arbitrator and Immediate Past President of ACICA), Ian Govey AM (former Government Solicitor), Joshua Paffey (Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth) and Nick Longley (Partner, HFW) appointed by the Board on the same date. Andrea Martignoni, a member of the Executive for many years, has stepped down from this role in 2021, and remains on the ACICA Board.
We welcome the new Executive and look forward to working with them all to further ACICA’s objectives in promoting the use of arbitration and mediation for the effective resolution of disputes and the strength and vitality of Australian seats.
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