Chiann Bao
Chiann is a Chartered Arbitrator and CEDR-accredited mediator with over 20 years of experience working in London, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore. Qualified in New York, Hong Kong and England and Wales, Chiann has served as arbitrator in both civil and common law systems in over 120 arbitrations involving states, state owned enterprises and corporates with a total value of over 40 billion US dollars in dispute.
Chiann holds leadership positions worldwide and has just completed her tenure as Co-Chair of the IBA’s International Arbitration Committee in 2025 and served as a Vice President of the ICC Court of Arbitration until 2024. From 2010 to 2018, Chiann served as the Secretary General and then as a Council Member of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre during which time it was ranked the most improved institution worldwide. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Maxwell Chambers and the Global Advisory Board of the New York International Arbitration Centre.
A regular speaker and lecturer, Chiann was awarded the Global Arbitration Review “best lecture” for her Proskauer Rose Lecture in 2022. She is a member of the permanent faculty at the Sciences Po Law School and until recently serve as an adjunct associate professor at NUS Faculty of Law. She also currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees and is an Honorary Senior Fellow of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. Chiann authors and edits articles and books and serves as a member of editorial boards of publications published by Oxford University Press and Kluwer.