THE Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC) said on Monday that Queen’s Counsel (QC) Edwin Glasgow and Senior Counsel (SC) George Lim have been appointed co-chairmen of SIMC, with effect from Jan 1, 2016.

Mr Glasgow and Mr Lim previously held the positions of chairman and deputy chairman of SIMC respectively.

They had co-chaired the International Commercial Mediation Working Group whose recommendations to the Singapore government in November 2013 included the establishment of SIMC as an international mediation service provider.

From Jan 1, members of the SIMC board of directors are: Edwin Glasgow, QC, 39 Essex Chambers; George Lim, SC, Wee Tay & Lim; Professor Lawrence Boo, The Arbitration Chambers; Chow Kok Fong, Equitas Corporation Pte Ltd; Han Kok Juan, Ministry of Law; Bonnie Hobbs, Accenture; Lok Vi Ming, SC, Rodyk & Davidson; John Pyall, Munich Re; Viswa Sadasivan, Strategic Moves; and Lucien Wong, Allen & Gledhill.