Mark Appel is an independent, international Arbitrator, Mediator, Consultant and Trainer. Mr. Appel has nearly 40 years of global arbitration and mediation experience, having served in both executive and senior executive positions at the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), leaving ICDR/AAA as Senior Vice President, EMEA in December of 2015. Mr. Appel is thoroughly familiar with arbitration practice and procedure, with 30 years of experience in training arbitrators on four continents on behalf of various arbitral institutions, government ministries, Courts and NGOs. While serving as a Regional executive for AAA, Mr. Appel personally administered or was responsible for the administration of thousands of commercial arbitrations. Mr. Appel has also managed arbitral pre-filing and preliminary hearings, addressing issues including jurisdiction, arbitrator appointment/conflicts, scheduling and information exchange in a wide variety of commercial settings, with individual case claims up to 1 Billion USD