Charles O'Neil DipArb FCIArb has 40 years’ experience in the design, construction and asset management of major projects, including shopping centres, multi-storey buildings and hotels, industrial projects and a wide range of PPP projects since 2001 including motorways and bridges, hospitals, schools, prisons and government buildings. Charles has worked in China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Myanmar, Chile, UK, Europe, Canada, NZ and Australia, gaining a depth of understanding of cultural and business practices in these regions. He currently specialises in risk management consulting and dispute resolution as an arbitrator, DB member, expert witness and neutral negotiator and is a member of dispute and advisory panels in several countries, including the sub-committee advising the Beijing Arbitration Commission on the revision of its Dispute Board Rules. Charles undertakes university guest lecturing and has published several Papers on dispute resolution and risk management. He is the author of “Human Dynamics in Construction Risk Management – the key to success or failure” (2014).