Gaston KENFACK DOUAJNI is a Magistrate, currently the Director of Legislation at the Ministry of Justice in Cameroon; he has obtained a Doctorate of International Economic Law at the University of Paris I (Pantheon Sorbonne) in 2005, a Certificate on trade, negotiations and settlement of trade disputes at the Kennedy School of Government –Harvard University (USA) in 2004 and an Habilitation to Direct Researches at the University of Pau in France. He is the Editor of the “Revue Camerounaise de l’Arbitrage”, the President of the Association for the Promotion of Arbitration in Africa (APAA), registered on the list of arbitrators and conciliators at ICSID, at the OHADA Commun Court of Justice and Arbitration and Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).

In addition, Gaston KENFACK DOUAJNI is a member of the Board of Trustees of CRCICA and a member of the Board of Directors of the International Federation of Arbitration Centers and Associations (IFCAI).

President of the 49th Session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and Vice Chair of the 59th session of the Asian African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO). He teaches business law at universities (in Africa and Europe) and is the Past Chair of the Management Board of the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF).

Gaston KENFACK DOUAJNI sits as Mediator more often in Ad-hoc Mediation. He also sits as President of Arbitral Tribunal, Arbitrator and co-arbitrator in ICC, ICSID, CCJA and ad hoc arbitrations.