Regional Director role to bolster ICC reach in Africa News • Paris, 11/05/2021 ICC has announced the promotion of ICC International Court of Arbitration Counsel Diamana Diawara to Regional Director for Africa. The new role sees a greater focus on Sub Saharan Africa for ICC Dispute Resolution Services, with a view to building capacity in the region and enhancing awareness of, and access to, ICC’s dispute settlement know-how as well as its globally reputed services. Working out of ICC Global Headquarters in Paris, and building on work initiated by ICC’s former Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa Sami Hoerbi, Ms Diawara will undertake a one-year mission to devise and implement strategies with a view to establishing a presence for case management in Sub Saharan Africa by 2022.