Meet the Arbitrators

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

2014.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Technical.

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

2009.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Technical Arbitrator.

Company name (name of company you work for during the day when not arbitrating)

Changzhou Keteng Textile Co Ltd, China

ICA Committee/Board experience

Former member of ICA Rules Committee. Current member of China Country Focus Group.

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

Over 20 years, starting arbitrating in 2003.

Experience

30 years’ experience in cotton trading.
President of the Bremen Cotton Association.
Chairman CICCA.
Member of EU Cotton Advisory Group.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Quality and Technical.

Company name (name of company you work for during the day when not arbitrating)

Albrecht, Mueller-Pearse & Co. Trade.

ICA Committee/Board experience

President of ICA, 10 years LCA/ICA Board experience, various committees. Former ASC member.

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

2005.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Technical.

Company name (name of company you work for during the day when not arbitrating)

Cotton Service International GmbH.

ICA Board / Committee Experience

Member of ASC

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

2010.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Quality and Technical.

Experience

25 years’ experience in cotton trade. Current Vice-President of the Centro Algodonero Nacional – Spain.

ICA Committee/Board experience

Member of ICA Rules Committee and Arbitration Strategy Committee.

Experience:

20 years experience in cotton trade
12 years experience in textile export / fabric import
Started arbitrating in 2023

Kevin Xue has profound expertise and experiences in international cotton trade, having worked with both American and Chinese key merchants, including Weilbros Cotton Inc, China National Cotton Group Corporaton (CNCGC), and Xingyu (Hebei) Textile Raw Materials Co Ltd for the past eighteen years. His positions ranged from front line sales manager to senior management roles as general manager.
Kevin’s experiences with Weilbros included working for diverse international branch offices in the UK, Australia, Brazil and France. This helped him establish in-depth knowledge of the cotton and textile industry from the seller’s perspective. He has particularly gained a strong sense of how the Chinese buyers make purchase decisions under China’s regulatory framework in the context of global cotton supply chain, as well as cross-cultural client communication and services.
Working with CNCGC and Xingyu enabled him to further understand the cotton good trade practices from buyer’s perspective, including the state-owned enterprises (SOE) and private-owned enterprices (POE). He gained insight into the impacts of China’s policies on balancing between domestic and international cotton supplies.
Kevin currently is a member of the ICA Rules Committee, ICA Ambassador, on the panel of experts of cotton industry in Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) since 2014. He also was a member of non-executive ICA Arbitration Strategy Committee and a member of the ICA Code of Conduct Working Group. He attended the ICA Complete Cotton and ACSA Memphis Cotton School in 2006 and 2017 respectively.

Languages spoken:

Chinese/English, fluent

Email:

kevinxue111@126.com

ICA Board Experience

A Director and Treasurer of the ICA

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

30 years.

Qualifications

BA (Hons).

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Technical.

Company name (name of company you work for during the day when not arbitrating)

RCMA.

ICA Committee/Board experience details

Chairman of Arbitration Strategy Committee and former Director of the ICA. .

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

2000.

Experience

18 years’ experience of technical arbitration. Bill started his career as a trainee trader with Cargill. He has lived and traded cotton in Africa, India and China and headed Asia and the European and Black Sea regions for Louis Dreyfus, before starting his own company in 2018. Fully fluent in French, Bill is an English native language speaker.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Technical.

Company name (name of company you work for during the day when not arbitrating)

Dragontree.

ICA Committee/Board experience details

Former Board member of the International Cotton Association Ltd 2003 to 2007. Former member of ASC and Rules Committee.

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

Started arbitrating in 2003.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Technical.

Company name (name of company you work for during the day when not arbitrating).

Louis Dreyfus Company Suisse SA

ICA Committee/Board experience details

ICA Vice-President. Member of both the ICA and BCI Board. Member of ASC. Former Member of ICA Rules Committee and Values differentials.

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

Tim began his cotton career in 1978 with Weil Brothers-Cotton Inc and joined ECOM Cotton Group in 2009 where he is currently Co-CEO of ECOM USA. Tim is a past President of the Western Cotton Shippers Association and is Vice Chairman of the American Cotton Shippers Association. Tim also serves on the board of the National Cotton Council of America.

Tim started arbitrating in 1995.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Technical.

Company name (name of company you work for during the day when not arbitrating)

ECOM USA.

ICA Committee/Board experience details

Past ICA President. Member of ICA Board. Member of ICA Pool of Chairmen. Tim serves on both the Arbitration Strategy Committee and previously served on the ICA Rules Committee.

Languages

English, Spanish and Portuguese.

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

2016.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Technical Arbitrator.

Company name (name of company you work for during the day when not arbitrating)

Louis Dreyfus Company Suisse SA.

Experience

ICA arbitrator. 10 years’ experience in cotton trading platform with Louis Dreyfus Company, including 5 years in Louis Dreyfus China.

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

2014

Experience

Leon has worked for Orta Anadolu since 1999, responsible for cotton buying. Leon is Founder and current Chairman of IPUD (Good Cotton Practices Association - Strategic Partner of BCI in Turkey) and is a Board member of National Cotton Council of Turkey.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Full Quality Arbitrator, Probationary Technical Arbitrator.

ICA Committee/Board experience details

Leon is a current board member of ICA Ltd since 2016, a member of ICA Rules Committee and a member of ICA Cotton Consumers Committee.

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

10 years.

Experience

James has been involved in the cotton industry for 21 years . The first 9 years with Wakefield Inspection Services Ltd and then with Cargill Cotton Ltd for the past 12 years . James has been an ICA member for 20 years

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Quality arbitrator

Company name (name of company you work for during the day when not arbitrating).

Cargill Cotton Ltd

ICA Committee/Board experience details

James has been a member of the ICA Quality committees for 18 years and Chairman for the last 5. James has been a member of the ICA Value Differences committee for the last 10 years and is a current member of the ICA Quality Arbitration Strategy Committee.

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

2015.

Qualifications and experience

15 years’ experience in the cotton industry working for Plexus and Cargill including a five-year spell in Shanghai.
Now a partner in an independent commodity consultant based in Liverpool, UK.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Technical.

Company name (name of company you work for during the day when not arbitrating)

Liverpool Cotton Brokers Ltd

ICA Committee/Board experience details

ICA Board member and former member of ICA Rules Committee.
Past member of ICA Arbitration Strategy Committee.

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

25 years, starting arbitrating in 1994.

Professional Qualifications

Fellow SIArb - Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Quality and Technical.

Company name (name of company you work for during the day when not arbitrating)

ECOM Cotton Group, Singapore.

ICA Committee/Board experience

Former member of Board of Directors ICA. Former Chairman ICA Rules Committee. Member of Arbitration Strategy Committee.

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

2017.

Experience:

David has over 35 years' experience in cotton merchanting , having started his career with Bunge Ltd Liverpool in 1975. David then moved to Bunge N.V. Antwerp for 4 years and then worked for 10 years with Allenberg Cotton Co. in Memphis TN. David has served 15 years as Director of Louis Dreyfus Cotton International N.V. in Antwerp Belgium and 8 years as a Director with Louis Dreyfus Suisse S.A.in Geneva Switzerland.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Technical.

ICA Committee/Board experience:

David is a Past President of ICA (2008/09) and has served on Board of Directors for 10 years as well as various committees.

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

20+ years ago

Experience

1994-2008: Cotton Merchant, Trader & Risk Manager. Trading Director of Cargill Cotton UK. Platform Risk Manager for Cargill Agricultural Supply Chain. 2008-current: Commodity Consultant: inHOUSE Commodity Consulting Ltd. Earlam, Hursthouse & Williams (EH&W Ltd)

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Technical

Company name (name of company you work for during the day when not arbitrating)

EH&W Ltd

ICA Committee/Board experience details

Past President 2008. Former Board member/Arbitration Strategy Committee Member/Rules Committee Member.
Current member of ASC.

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

1999.

Experience

Jamie has acted as arbitrator and Chairman at First-Tier and Appeal level in a wide range of disputes. Jamie has extensive award drafting experience.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Technical Arbitrator.

Company name (name of company you work for during the day when not arbitrating)

DJW Cotton Consulting Limited/ International Cotton Agency (ical) Limited.

ICA Committee/Board experience

ICA Board member, member of Arbitration Strategy Committee (ASC), Rules Committee member, member of Consumers Board Working Group, Quality ASC member.

Recipient of the ICA Outstanding Service Award in 2022.

Professional qualifications

ICA/ CEDR Accredited Mediator.

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

2005.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Quality and Technical.

Experience

Jonathan is a Level 3 qualified ICA Arbitrator and has 35 years’ experience in the cotton trading industry, previously working for Baumann Hinde, Central Cotton in UK and Louis Dreyfus Company in Geneva.

Returning to UK in 2019 , Jon now has his own consultancy and is a qualified ICA technical arbitrator and ICA Bremen Quality Expert.

ICA Committee/Board experience

Previous Chairman of ICA Value Differences Committee.
Past member of ASC.

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

2000.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Technical.

ICA Committee/Board experience

Former member of ICA Board of Directors, member of Arbitration Strategy Committee.

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

20 years’ experience of technical arbitration, starting arbitrating in 1998.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Technical Arbitrator.

Company name (name of company you work for during the day when not arbitrating)

Sterling Cotton Ltd, DGLW Consultancy Ltd.

ICA Committee/Board experience

Chairman of the ICA Rules Committee, member of ICA's
 Arbitration Strategy Committee.

Experience

David started his career as a trainee trader with A. Meredith Jones
& Co. Ltd. before starting his own trading company in 2000. Fluent in French, David is an English native language speaker.
David is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a consultant at The International Dispute Resolution Centre (The IDR Group) and holds a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration from Queen Mary’s University, London.

ICA / Board Exeperience

Former chairman of ICA Quality Arbitration Strategy committee.

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

30 years acting as Quality and Technical sole arbitrator, member and Chairman of First Tier and Appeal Arbitration Tribunals.

Experience

40 years’ experience in the raw cotton trade as director of brokerage and trading companies.
Conducting international cotton workshops on behalf of ICA in Vietnam, Brazil, Turkey, Bangladesh and India.
Presenter at ICA’s annual Complete Cotton course. Consultancy services including advising on technical and quality disputes, case preparation and ICA Bylaws and Rules.
Project work in Central Asia and West Africa including assisting in the establishment of a cotton processing factory, site inspections, bale inspections, reporting on best practice for take up, classing, and cotton management systems in various countries.
International raw cotton consultant.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Quality and Technical.

Company name (name of company you work for during the day when not arbitrating)

D.A.T Arbitration & Consultancy.

ICA Committee/Board experience details

Former President and Board member of the Liverpool Cotton Association Ltd.
Chairman and member of various quality and technical advisory committees.
Current chairman of ICA Quality Arbitration Strategy committee.

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

2006.

Qualifications and experience

Jean-Marc holds ICA arbitration qualifications Level 3 and has been a cotton trader for 21 years, becoming Managing Director of a Liverpool firm in 2009, and Global Head of Cotton Trading at Engelhart Commodities Trading Partners in 2014.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Technical.

Company name (name of company you work for during the day when not arbitrating)

Engelhart Commodities Trading Partners (ECTP).

ICA Committee/Board experience details

Former ICA Board member and past ICA President.

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

Nigel started conducting arbitrations in 1994 and mediations in 1998 before moving on to chairing arbitrations in 2001.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Technical Arbitrator.

Company name (name of company you work for during the day when not arbitrating)

Eastgate Trading Limited.

ICA Committee/Board experience

Served as ICA Director for two terms (2001-2007 and 2008-2014). Founding Member of Arbitration Strategy Committee 2001-2016. Founding Member of Training Committee 2001-2010. Member of Board Strategy Subcommittee 2011-2014.

Professional qualifications

Co-edited both ICA Arbitration Examination papers for Beginner and Advanced Examinations and past examiner for the ICA Arbitration Examinations.

Professional Memberships

Nigel is a past Member of GAFTA, FOSFA, RSPO and CMA – all commodity organisations serving the grain, animal feed, palm oil and carbon markets.

Publications:

1. Agribusiness and Commodity Risk - 1 Sep 2003, Risk Books
2.Commodity Price Risk Management - Case Study -2004, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
3. Agribusiness Price Risk Management for African Cotton Producers - A presentation to the European Commission Paris 5-6th July 2004
4. Farm sector targets $500bn funding gap, $1.7 trillion bonanza at stake, 26 April, 2013 The Australian

Experience

Bruce has both ICA and other international trade arbitration experience and has a law practice specialising in international trade.

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

Bruce has been an ICA arbitrator for over five years.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Technical Arbitrator.

Company name (name of company you work for during the day when not arbitrating)

Southern States Forwarding, Inc., and the Law office of Bruce V. Friedman.

Professional qualifications

ICA accredited mediator.

When did you start arbitrating or length of arbitration career?

2005.

Experience

Jordan completed arbitrator’s coursework and passed necessary ICA exams. Jordan has presented on ICA arbitration at various conferences and programs like ICA Bremen, ACSA Cotton School and ICA Complete Cotton. Jordan is also an ACSA Arbitrator and Memphis Cotton Exchange Arbitrator.

Type of arbitrations you’ve done and do i.e. are you a quality and/or technical arbitrator?

Quality and Technical.

Company name (name of company you work for during the day when not arbitrating)

DECA Global.

ICA / Board Experience

ICA Past Presient and former member of ASC.