Starting 15 October 2025, Orphée Haddad, ADNA’s Head of Disputes, will take on the role of Co-Chair at AfricArb.

An active community of arbitration practitioners, academics, and students, AfricArb is dedicated to promoting arbitration across the African continent. It serves as a forum for exchange and dialogue, a training hub on arbitration in Africa, and a think tank fostering reflection and discussion. The association also regularly organises events, including its annual conference at Paris Arbitration Week and its AfricArb Cafés.

Orphée will co-chair alongside Ledea Sawadogo Lewis, succeeding Thomas Kendra and Paul-Jean Le Cannu, who will be passing on the baton after the association’s founding by Athina Fouchard Papaefstratiou and Capucine Davy – du Pac de Marsoulies.