Boards and staff

P.R.I.M.E Finance is run by a Management Board chaired by Robert G. Pickel, with support from an Advisory Board chaired by Professor Jeffrey Golden KC (Hon).  

Advisory and Management Board members are not compensated and cover their own costs and expenses in connection with the project. 

Management Board

	Joseph Bauman (Treasurer and Secretary) Chair, PRIME Finance Dispute Resolution and Education Foundation (US); Affiliate, Rutter Associates LLC; former Chairman, ISDA; co-founder and former Chief Financial Officer, Primus Guaranty, Ltd.; former Managing Director, Global Derivatives Group, Bank of America
	Sharon Brown-Hruska Principal, Hruska Economics LLC; Former Chief Economist, US State Department; Former Managing Director in NERA’s Global Securities and Finance and White Collar, Investigations and Enforcement Practices; Former Commissioner and Acting Chairman, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
	Heikki Cantell General Counsel, Secretary General, and Head of the Legal Department of the Nordic Investment Bank. He has previously been General Counsel of the Council of Europe Development Bank, Head of the Paris branch of Finnish law firm Heikki Haapaniemi, and a Legal Counsel for the Finnish Cultural Foundation. Mr Cantell also has a number of professional engagements, including Conseiller du Commerce Extérieur for France and Board appointments on two Finnish holding companies. He is an arbitrator by the International Chamber of Commerce and a P.R.I.M.E. Finance Expert.
	Deborah Enix-Ross Senior Advisor to the International Dispute Resolution Group and member of the Diversity Committee, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; Immediate Past President, American Bar Association; former Senior Legal Officer and Head of the External Relations and Information Section, World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center
	Samallie Kiyingi Global General Counsel for Standard Chartered’s  Corporate and Investment Bank. She was most recently the General Counsel at the African Export-Import Bank, a multilateral development finance institution devoted to financing trade across Africa. Prior to working in development finance, Ms Kiyingi was the Global Head of the Securitisation Regulatory Policy and Advisory Group at Deutsche Bank and also spent time at Clifford Chance and Ashurst. She is currently based in Singapore.
	Ida Levine Principal, Two Rivers Associates Ltd, London; Board and Lead Expert on Policy, Impact Investing Institute; Member, Financial Markets Law Committee; Advisory Board, UCLA Institute for Carbon Management; former Chair, International Securities Regulation Committee of the International Law Association; former Board Director/Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel, Capital Group - American Funds; former European Counsel, JP Morgan Investment Management; former Partner, Jones Day
	Keith Noyes Independent Non-executive Director, at OTC Clearing Corporation, a subsidiary of HKEx and Chief Risk and Compliance Officer for Scrypt Digital Trading AG, a leading financial services provider specialising in crypto assets for Web 3 companies and institutions. Prior to this, Keith was the Regional Director, Asia Pacific, International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) for 12 years from Oct 2007 to May 2019, where he was directly responsible for ISDA’s regulatory outreach efforts across the APAC region.
	Chudozie Okongwu Managing Director, Investigations, Disputes and Risk practice, Alix Partners
	Robert G. Pickel (Chair) Director, Droit Financial Technologies; Director, Tradition SEF; Affiliate, Rutter Associates LLC (New York); former Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice Chair and General Counsel, International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA)

Advisory Board

	Rick Grove Chief Executive Officer and Partner, Rutter Associates LLC (New York); President, US Friends of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS-London); International Advisor, EcoPeace Middle East; Director, University of St Andrews American Foundation; former Fixed Income and Commodity Derivatives Executive, Bank of America and Paribas Capital Markets; former Chief Executive Officer, International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA); former lawyer, Cravath, Swaine & Moore (New York and London)
	Jonathan Ross Former non-Executive Director of The Reserve Bank of New Zealand; former Partner at Bell Gully (New Zealand)
	Professor Sir William Blair Former Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court and Financial List Judge for England and Wales; First President of the Board of Appeal, European Supervisory Authorities; Professor of Financial Law and Ethics, Queen Mary University of London; International Arbitrator at 3 Verulam Buildings, London
	Dr. Willem Calkoen Retired Partner at NautaDutilh; former Chair of the Section on Business Law of the International Bar Association (The Netherlands)
	Stephanie Cohn Rupp CEO of Veris Wealth Partners. Over 20 years of impact investing experience in the US, Europe and Frontier Markets, including serving as Head of Impact Investing at Tiedemann Advisors and as the CEO of Toniic, a global network of impact investors. Recently joined the board of US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment
	Marcin Czepelak Marcin Czepelak is an international lawyer and professor at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Poland). He is an expert in international litigation and private international law. From 2017 to 2022 he served as Polish Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In 2022 he was elected as a Secretary-General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration.
	Jeffrey Golden KC Hon (Chair) Founder and Chair Emeritus of the P.R.I.M.E. Finance Foundation; Honorary Fellow and Emeritus Governor, London School of Economics; member and former Joint Head of Chambers, 3 Hare Court; retired founding partner of Allen & Overy LLP US law practice
	Duncan Goldie-Morrison Managing Partner at Bradden Capital Management; Director and part owner of Orbian Corporation; Director and part owner of Transact Payments Limited
	Thierry Porté Vice Chairman and Managing Director, J.C. Flowers & Co, LLC; Trustee, Asia Society; Former CEO, Shinsei Bank Ltd (Japan); Former President and Branch Manager, Morgan Stanley Japan
	Hon. Judge Elizabeth Stong Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York; Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Member, Council of the American Law Institute; Trustee, Practising Law Institute; Advisory Board Member, American Bar Association (ABA) Center for Human Rights; Co-chair, ABA Business Law Section Leadership Development Committee; Council Member, ABA International Law Section Council; Advisory Council Member, Columbia University Committee on Global Thought

Secretariat and Staff

The Honourable Sir David Baragwanath KC: Secretary General Former Appellate Judge of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon; former President and Presiding Judge of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon; former Judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand and President of the New Zealand Law Commission; former Member for New Zealand of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague; Honorary Professor at the University of Waikato (New Zealand), Visiting Professor at the University of Northumbria (United Kingdom); Overseas Bencher of the Inner Temple; Door Tenant at 3 Hare Court Chambers

Deannie Yap: Senior Legal Officer/ Manager Deannie Yap is a Singapore-qualified advocate and solicitor who holds an LLB from the Singapore Management University as well as an Advanced LLM in International Dispute Settlement and Arbitration (cum laude) from Leiden University. Deannie spent five years in private legal practice in Singapore dealing with civil and commercial litigation matters prior to joining P.R.I.M.E. Finance as Legal Officer in 2023.

P.R.I.M.E. Finance is grateful for the support provided by its intern team. If you are interested in an internship at P.R.I.M.E. Finance, please send a cover letter, C.V. and writing sample to secretary@primefinancedisputes.org.