Governance · people
The people who set the standards.
The Global Council adopts the Rules & Procedures and sets institutional policy. The Certification Board admits and grades Fellows. The Secretariat runs every matter. None of them decides a live dispute.
Global Council
Chair · Europe seat (seat to be confirmed)
Chair, Global Council · Europe. Chairs the Global Council and its Rules and Standards Committee. Nomination under confirmation; name published on acceptance.
Vice-Chair · South Asia seat (seat to be confirmed)
Vice-Chair, Global Council · South Asia. Oversees the Secretariat's case-administration standards. Nomination under confirmation.
Gulf seat (seat to be confirmed)
Member, Global Council · Gulf. Construction, energy and joint-venture disputes. Nomination under confirmation.
Africa seat (seat to be confirmed)
Member, Global Council · Africa. Trade, commodities and energy disputes. Nomination under confirmation.
Southeast Asia seat (seat to be confirmed)
Member, Global Council · Southeast Asia. Shipping, trade finance and technology. Nomination under confirmation.
Latin America and Iberia seat (seat to be confirmed)
Member, Global Council · Latin America and Iberia. Investment and infrastructure. Nomination under confirmation.
United Kingdom seat (seat to be confirmed)
Member, Global Council · United Kingdom. Chairs the Independence and Conflicts Committee. Nomination under confirmation.
Americas seat (seat to be confirmed)
Member, Global Council · Americas. Technology, licensing and the in-house perspective. Nomination under confirmation.
Certification Board
Chair, Certification Board (seat to be confirmed)
Chair, Certification Board · To be confirmed. Chairs admissions and designation reviews for AF, F and SF.UNIONE™. Nomination under confirmation.
Member, Certification Board (seat to be confirmed)
Member, Certification Board · To be confirmed. Reviews Senior Fellow nominations and Sector Bench chairs. Nomination under confirmation.
Member, Certification Board (seat to be confirmed)
Member, Certification Board · To be confirmed. Reviews conduct matters and complaints referred by the Secretariat. Nomination under confirmation.
Secretariat
Krishan Kumar Kakkar
Founder · Secretariat · India. Founded UNIONE™ and leads the Secretariat's institutional programme.
Registrar and case counsel (seat to be confirmed)
Registrar, Secretariat · India. Runs conflict checks, quotes, registrations and time limits for every matter.
How members are appointed
- Council members serve three-year terms, renewable once. Seats are allocated by region so that no single jurisdiction holds a majority.
- Members are appointed by the Council on the nomination of its Independence and Conflicts Committee, after a written conflicts declaration.
- The Certification Board is appointed by the Council for two-year terms. Its members do not take part in admissions where they have a professional or personal connection with the applicant.
- The Registrar is appointed by the Secretariat and reports conflicts and time-limit compliance to the Council every quarter.
Independence safeguards
- No Council or Board member is appointed by UNIONE™ as arbitrator, mediator or expert in a matter UNIONE™ administers while they serve, and for 12 months after.
- Every member files a register of interests each January; the register is published on this page.
- A member who has a connection with a party to a matter takes no part in any decision about it and does not see the file.
- Council minutes on the Rules, fees and standards are summarised in the annual report published on the Statistics page.
Register of interests
Published each January for the year ahead. The first register is published with the confirmed membership of the Council and the Board.