The BIAC’s Honorary President is Mrs. Annet van Hooft.
Mrs. van Hooft has extensive arbitration experience under the rules of various international arbitral institutions, including the International Court of Arbitration (ICC), the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), as well as in ad hoc proceedings.
BIAC’s President has an honorary and ceremonial role and the following competencies: (a) to provide general guidance to the activities of the Administrative Council, and (b) to provide general guidance to the activities of the Governing Board.
The President is a leading international arbitrator, who is appointed and removed by the members of the Governing Board, on the basis of the decision approved by the Administrative Council.