Officers & Committees

Acting Chair
William Wood QC

Immediate Past Chair
Sir Henry Brooke

Vice Chair
Bill Wood QC (also elected to represent individual mediators)

Treasurer
Richard Schiffer (who also represents the ADR Group)

Hon. Secretary

Clive Lewis OBE DL (who also represents the Globis Mediation Group)

The Board of the CMC
The Board of the CMC, in addition to the Chair, the Vice Chair, the Secretary and Treasurer, are the following:

Board Members
Heather Allen, Philip Bartle QC, Paul Randolph and David Richbell (elected to represent individual mediators); Dominic Stanton (representing the Academy of Experts), Mark Mattison (representing the Association of Northern Mediators), Andy Rogers (representing CEDR), John Price FCIArb (representing the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators), Gail Davis (representing the Department for Business Innovation and Skills), Colin Manning (representing the Bar Council) and Peter Causton (representing the Law Society), representative of the Ministry of Justice.

Andrew Wareing (ACAS) also attends Board Meetings as an observer and to contribute from the ACAS perspective, but has no vote.

Mail address

The Civil Mediation Council

The International Dispute Resolution Centre

70 Fleet Street

London

EC4Y 1EU

United Kingdom

Telephone 0207 353 3227

Committees of the CMC Board

(a) Academic Committee
Board Members: Philip Bartle QC (Co-chair), Paul Randolph, Rahim Shamji

Non-Board Members: Loukas Mistelis (Co-chair), Robin Ap Cynan, Penny Brooker, Frances Burton, Bryan Clark, Fiona Cownie, Debbie De Girolamo, Aaron Hudson-Tyreman, Sue Prince, Simon Roberts

(b) Accreditation and Training Review
Board Members: Bill Wood (Chair), Philip Bartle, Anthony Glaister, Paul Randolph, Dominic Stanton, James South

Non-Board Members: Tom Thomas OBE

(c) Business Development and Communications
Board Members: Heather Allen, Paul Randolph (Co-chairs), Richard Schiffer, Dominic Stanton

Non-Board Members: Beverley Barton, Ronald Bradbeer, Amanda Bucklow, Simon Crookenden, David Douglas, Roger Levitt, Peter McLoughlin, Bernard Quoroll, Kisane Prutton, Andrew Sims, David Simmonds (Webmaster), Jeremy Tagg, Tom Thomas OBE

(d) Outreach, Conferences and Forums 
Board Members: Bill Wood QC (Chair)

(e) Workplace
Board Members: Andrew Wareing (Interim Chair), Clive Lewis OBE, Philip Bartle QC, Paul Randolph, Gail Davis, Fiona Colquhoun, Rahim Shamji

Non-Board Members: Neil Campbell, John Crawley, John Drowley, Alex Ethymiades, Mike Emmott, Linda Hoskinson, Geoff Lawday, David Liddle, Kisane Prutton, Sarah Veale, Marilyn Webster, Louisa Weinstein