The Panel

CEDR has developed a specialist mediator panel for this service. All mediators are CEDR accredited and are appointed to our Panel in accordance with our Mediator Quality Commitments.

Sheila Bates

Mediator

Client Feedback: “… as a mediator she builds trust remains impartial and concentrates on the issues to hand and finds a solution.” Languages English, French Overview Sheila Bates is an international business and dispute resolution professional. She was accredited as mediator by CEDR in 2007. Her experience has been gained in HR, Workplace and Employment, … Continued

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Eve Pienaar

Chambers Mediator

Client Feedback “Excels on the commercial mediation stage and is commended for her great talent in de-escalating tension and refocusing the parties on the matter at hand”. Languages English, French, Spanish Overview Eve is a highly regarded commercial mediator, working across a range of commercial sectors including property and construction, professional negligence, shareholder disputes and … Continued

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Gillian Caroe

Chambers Mediator & CEDR Faculty

Client Feedback: “Gillian has a natural ease and confidence in the role of the mediator and superb communication skills.” Languages English, Italian Overview Gillian Caroe has been a practising mediator since 2004 (CEDR accredited 2005). Throughout her mediation career, she has been involved in hundreds of successful interventions. She has mediated disputes across a wide … Continued

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Felicity Steadman

CEDR Faculty and Chambers Mediator

Client Feedback “Her manner creates trust and confidence in her ability.” Languages: English, Afrikaans Overview Felicity Steadman is an experienced independent mediator having started her practice in 1989. She has mediated over 500 matters in that time. She mediates a wide range of disputes, including employment, workplace and commercial. She is based in Oxford. In 2003, … Continued

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Chula Rupasinha

Mediator & Trainer

Client Feedback: “Chula brought a very high level of professionalism to the mediation and throughout displayed skills that enabled the parties to reach a satisfactory resolution.” Overview Chula Rupasinha has had a long association with CEDR having been accredited as a mediator in 1999 as part of his work as an expert crisis negotiator. … Continued

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Jeremy Connell

Mediator & Psychotherapist

Client Feedback: “He was very professional, was a wonderful listener and he built up trust very, very quickly” Overview Jeremy is particularly well placed to mediate cases charged with high emotion, drawing on his 20 years of experience as a psychotherapist specialising in trauma and stress management. He acquired his mediation skills through a unique … Continued

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Frederick Way

CEDR Employee, Mediator, Conciliator & Barrister (non-practising)

Client Feedback: “Frederick was very good… he gave balance to the mediation… very professional… very well prepared in advance.” Overview Frederick is a CEDR panel mediator, trainer and Head of the CEDR Foundation. Having trained as a barrister, Frederick now leads all of CEDR’s research and charitable projects through the CEDR Foundation. As a mediator, Frederick has … Continued

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Eileen Carroll KC (Hon)

Principal Mediator and Co-Founder

Client Feedback “She settled the unsettleable” “She led the most effective opening session I have ever seen.” “She has a very unique, dynamic and proactive approach to mediation” Languages English Overview Eileen started her career in the international chemical industry before becoming a partner in the city law firm Turner Kenneth Brown (now CMS) where … Continued

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Tracey Fox

Mediator, Coach, Facilitator

Client Feedback: “Very calm, maintained composure when things got tough, yet maintained control of the situation and people.” “I just want to say thank you for your wonderful efforts yesterday. XXXX reported back this morning, and showed me the Statement you’d drawn up, and I am absolutely thrilled that you managed to make such headway. … Continued

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Ana Virginia Bauder

Lawyer, Mediator, Conciliator & Adjudicator

Client Feedback: “Excellent in all respects. She had a robust style; yet approachable, and very aware of financial and legal issues.” Languages English, Italian, Spanish Overview Ana Virginia is an international full-time CEDR mediator with more than 10 years of experience. She is an independent ADR Consultant, CEDR trainer, conciliator and adjudicator, dual-qualified lawyer, who … Continued

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Fiona Colquhoun

Principal Consultant & Mediator

Fiona is a highly experienced Mediator, Facilitator, Coach, and Consultant with considerable breadth and expertise, and many years Board level executive experience in both the business and public sectors. As one of the few UK non-lawyer mediators ranked highly in the Chambers and Legal 500 Directories, Fiona has built her successful mediation and ADR practice … Continued

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Neil Goodrum

Chambers Mediator

Client Feedback: “He got to the nub of the issues very quickly and painlessly” Languages: English Overview Neil Goodrum is a full time mediator, CMC Fellow and member of CEDR’s Chambers panel of mediators. He has extensive experience in mediating disputes in many different industries with amounts in dispute ranging from relatively modest sums to millions … Continued

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Baria Ahmed

Barrister & Mediator

Client Feedback: “Calm and constructive approach which oiled the wheels for the deal.” Overview Baria is a UK qualified barrister, mediator, arbitrator and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) consultant and has worked in the field internationally since 2003. Previously the Head of CEDR Solve, the leading ADR services provider in Europe, and latterly having established … Continued

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Lisa Drake

CEDR Faculty, Mediator & Conflict Management Coach

Client Feedback: “Focused, energetic, committed and helpful right through the end.” Overview Accredited Mediator, executive coach and mediation and conflict management trainer, Lisa Drake has over 20 years of experience of mediation and conflict management. She is passionate about assisting parties to reach acceptable and workable solutions to enable all parties to focus on the … Continued

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