18/06/2013
Mr Adrian Winstanley has been appointed an Officer of the Order
of the British Empire (OBE) "for services to international
arbitration".
He has served as the LCIA's director general since 2000, having
joined the centre in 1997 as registrar from Clifford Chance. He
says, "I am delighted and honoured to have been awarded the OBE for
services to international arbitration, which begins, of course, as
recognition by one's peers, who instigate and support the
nomination."
"The LCIA has achieved remarkable success in recent years, and
is now unquestionably among the most eminent of the world's
international arbitration institutions. I am proud of this success
and of the part I have played in it."
He goes on to pay tribute to the "tireless support and
dedication" of the presidents and members of the LCIA Court and the
LCIA board and "the remarkable teams working at the coal face" at
the LCIA's offices in London, Delhi, Dubai and Mauritius. "This
award is a
reflection of all their achievements."
LCIA Chairman William Rowley QC says,"Adrian's award today
reflects both a great personal and an institutional triumph. Adrian
has been the driving force that has transformed the LCIA from a
dreamy little institution that was going nowhere in the early 1990s
to what it has become today, one of the world's pre-eminent
international arbitration institutions."
"Led by Adrian, the transformation of the LCIA into a truly global
institution has helped to cement the UK (and London) at the centre
of the world's arbitral stage - with all the economic benefits that
this brings. Adrian's place in this year's Birthday Honours list
could not be more deserved."
Meanwhile Crawford has been named a Companion in the General
Division of the Order of Australia (AC). This is Australia's
highest honour and is awarded for "eminent achievement and merit of
the highest degree in service to Australia or to humanity at
large."