Two weeks ago, I had a nice opportunity to catch up in person with our New York-based Council Member, Meera Rajah, who arranged a visit for SIArb to the NYIAC. This is but one of several recent examples in which SIArb has been invited by arbitral organisations in and beyond Asia to explore collaboration in a variety of ways. In many respects, this is highly encouraging as it reflects our Institute’s growing reputation beyond its local roots and beyond Asia. Your Council will continue to work hard to add value to the SIArb brand so that our members can be proud of association. There will be a few upcoming events that afford opportunity for our members who are interested in networking beyond Singapore to participate. Details to come in due course.
Meanwhile, I thought I would highlight on this occasion the commendable work that our Young Practitioners Network (YPN) co-chairs Meera and Cathryn Neo, with June Tan of our Secretariat, have been doing in relation to recent YPN events. Distinct from other arbitral ‘young’ groups, SIArb made a conscious choice to have our YPN be open to members who (i) are professionals under 40 years of age, or (ii) have less than 10 years of arbitration experience.
According to the most recent ICC statistics available on the subject, in 2020, the average age of arbitrators confirmed or appointed by the ICC Court was approximately 56 years old and about 37% of individuals confirmed or appointed as arbitrators were under the age of 50. There is room therefore for us to have a more inclusive conception of...
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Tay Yu-Jin
President,
SIArb 2021-2023
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE - May 2023
