Secretariat Team
Diana Bowman
Secretary-General
Diana joined ACICA in August 2024 as Secretary-General. Diana brings to the role over two decades of international disputes experience gained across private practice and in-house counsel roles globally. She joins ACICA from her role as Senior Legal Counsel at Bouygues Construction Australia in Sydney.
Samantha Kelsey
Deputy Secretary-General
Caroline Swartz-Zern
Special Counsel
Caroline joined ACICA as Counsel in January 2020. As a dual US/Australian qualified lawyer, she has over a decade of experience in international arbitration, working in private practice in Paris, Hong Kong and Melbourne. She co-founded ACICA45 and now serves as an Advisory Member to the ACICA45 Steering Committee.
She is a member of the ACICA Practice & Procedures Board.
Dr Christian Santos
Counsel
Dr Christian Santos is Counsel at ACICA with responsibility for overseeing the administration and management of ACICA’s institutional caseload of arbitrations and mediations, including cases administered by ACICA under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, and the management of the ACICA Associates. Christian graduated with an LLB and BA (Politics and International Relations) (Hons 2A) and obtained a PhD (International Relations) in 2022 from the University of Notre Dame Australia. Christian first joined ACICA as an intern in 2019 before becoming an Associate. He was made Managing Associate in 2022 and in 2024 was made Counsel. Christian is also a Sessional Academic in the National School of Arts & Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Business and Law, at the University of Notre Dame Australia.
Mayling Paton
Associate
Associate
Mayling is currently a student at the University of Sydney studying a combined Bachelor of Arts (Political Economy) and a Bachelor of Laws. She joined ACICA as an Associate in June 2024 and supports Counsel with case management and project work.
Benjamin Batten
Associate
