GWYN PEREDUR OWEN

Mr. Owen has been involved in the construction industry for over 36 years, speaks Spanish and runs an international practice. He acts as Arbitrator, Adjudicator and Mediator on major international projects.

In addition to a degree in civil engineering, he has a Masters degree in construction law and is President of the global DRB Foundation. He is listed on various arbitrator and adjudicator panels both in the UK and internationally, including FIDIC and has published over 300 Awards and Decisions to February 2008 under both ICC and numerous other national and international rules.

His experience in the construction industry includes projects in the fields of major civil engineering works, building, power generation, infrastructure, oil and gas E&P works, and remote area contracting. He has worked in environmentally sensitive areas including rainforests and flatlands. He specialises in contract law and interpretation and major infrastructure works dispute resolution including technical, execution, planning and programming issues.

Citizenship::	British
Date of Birth:	28 June 1951
Languages:	English, Spanish, Welsh

Recent and current appointments include:
	DAB Chairman Merowe Dam Sudan, $1.8B project. Sole facilitator / mediator in Sri Lanka on behalf of the Asian Development Bank, Sri Lankan Government, UNHCR and the Affected Communities in the $300M dispute relating to highway development Sole facilitator on the €130M dispute at the Burj Al-Fateh Complex in Khartoum Chairman of the DAB in the Sudan on an €80M hotel and commercial complex development DAB member Deglos Solid Waste Landfill project St Lucia Sole DRE (Disputes Review Expert) on 4 of the Ethiopian National Roads Authority highway projects DAB tribunal member on various infrastructure projects in Romania DAB tribunal member on Nicola Tesla power plant Serbia Sole facilitator on the Kosovo B power plant DAB tribunal on the Maritza East III power plant Bulgaria Sole adjudicator on the £120M dispute at the Devonport Nuclear facility in the UK Arbitrator (ICC) Zabalgarbi Waste & Energy plant Bilbao Spain Arbitrator (ICC) Highway project Equatorial Guinea Arbitration Tribunal Expert Termoli Power Station (ICC/CANI – Milan) DAB tribunal on 8 highway and infrastructure projects in Mozambique Sole adjudicator Save River crossing Mozambique

Qualifications	MSc BSc FCIArb FConsE FICE CEng ;	Construction Law & Arbitration Civil Engineering Fellow of the Institute of Arbitrators Fellow of the Association of Consulting Engineers Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineers Chartered Engineer

Published Work	Underground Concreting (1975) Project Management and the Control of Risk (1996) Official Translation of the Bolivian Law of Arbitration (1999) Arbitration in Latinamerica I (1999) Arbitration in Latinamerica II (2000) DRB Procedures Under FIDIC (2002) Chairman of draughting panel for new UK ICE DRB/DAB Procedures (2005) Dispute Boards Procedures and Practice (2007)

Brunel Tunnelling Prize (1975))
Bronze Award for contribution to Civil Engineering in Cape Province SA (1978)