Chiann Bao is an independent arbitrator with Arbitration Chambers (with offices in New York, London, and Hong Kong). She has been appointed as chair, co-arbitrator, and emergency arbitrator in arbitrations under most of the major ad hoc and institutional rules with a total of several billions USD in dispute.
She is a Vice President of the ICC Court of Arbitration, a co-chair of the ICC Commission’s Task Force on ADR and Arbitration and an Ambassador of the ICC Belt and Road Commission.
She serves as the Senior Vice Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee. From 2010 to 2018, Chiann worked as the Secretary General of the HKIAC and was subsequently appointed as a Council Member of the HKIAC. She is an adjunct professor at National University of Singapore and a lecturer at Sciences Po Law School. Chiann is a member of the Board of Trustees and an honorary senior fellow of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.
Chiann is a member of the advisory board for the Journal of International Arbitration. She is a member of the board of directors for Maxwell Chambers, as well as a member of the global advisory board for the New York International Arbitration Center.
