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CDRS independent adjudicators
Professor Robin Callender Smith Dr Mohammed Abdel-Aziz Al-Kulaifi

The Regulatory Authority appointed Professor Robin The Regulatory Authority appointed Dr Mohammed Abdel-
Callender Smith to this position in September 2013. Aziz Al-Kulaifi to this position in December 2017. Since
An international arbitrator, mediator and adjudicator 2011, Dr Al-Kulaifi has been the Dean of the College of Law,
specialising in the energy, financial, insurance and Qatar University, and Associate Professor of Commercial
Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Law. He has published a number of reviewed scientific
sectors, Professor Callender Smith is a member of articles in the field of commercial law on topics such as
the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and served as bankruptcy and the acquisition of commercial companies.
a Deputy Chairman for the Regulatory Decisions
Committee of the UK financial regulator, the Financial A visiting professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar,
Conduct Authority (formerly the Financial Services Dr Al-Kulaifi has participated in several academic and
Authority). He is a former elected member of the UK specialised committees including the Permanent
Bar Council and Gray’s Inn Barristers’ Committee. Committee for Sharīʿah Affairs affiliated with the Cabinet
of Qatar, the chief executive body of the State of Qatar’s
Ministers Cabinet.