Aisha Nadar was a FIDIC Board member and a key drafter in the early stages of the 2017 Contracts and is very well known to FIDIC Users worldwide, having addressed numerous FIDIC conferences and seminars.
She is a senior contract and dispute resolution consultant specialising in infrastructure procurement and dispute management in private practice based in Stockholm. For over 30 years, Aisha has been actively involved in all phases of the negotiation and implementation of large-scale cross-border infrastructure programmes. Her procurement and international contract management experience has included holding senior-level positions in the US, the Middle East and Europe.
In her consulting role she regularly advises clients on strategic procurement planning, contract drafting, contract management and dispute resolution. She acts as arbitrator, mediator and adjudicator and is retained regularly by parties, party counsel and arbitral tribunals in matters involving international arbitration, mediation and dispute boards. She is Vice Chair of ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, has experience of ICC, LCIA, SCC, DIAC, AAA and UNCITRAL rules. Aisha has carried out assignments related to dispute resolution for organisations such as the World Bank, USAID and the US DOD, and is a regularly invited speaker at universities and specialised conferences on construction contracts and dispute resolution.
Aisha is a member of FIDIC’s executive committee, the chair of FIDIC’s procurement policy sub-committee and is listed on FIDIC President’s List of Accredited Adjudicators. She is an officer of the international construction projects committee of the International Bar Association, and has previously served as a member of the standing committee of the ICC International Centre for ADR. Aisha holds a BS in electrical engineering from University of Nebraska, an MBA from University of Texas-Austin and an LLM in international commercial dispute resolution from Queen Mary, University of London.
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