Graham Massie

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English

Overview

Graham Massie is a qualified accountant and CEDR Director. He is one of the most experienced accountant mediators in Europe, with expertise across a broad range of sectors and dispute types. Graham is particularly well suited to the mediation of complex commercial disputes or where the parties consider his professional accountancy background as being of value to the process. In addition to his work as a mediator Graham is regularly approached by businesses and public sector organisations to act as an independent chair for strategic discussions and deal-making negotiations.

Professional Background

Graham has worked with CEDR since 1996 and is currently a CEDR Director responsible for global operations and CEDR’s international and corporate consultancy services as a member of CEDR’s mediation and conflict management training Faculty. Before joining CEDR Graham was a Chartered Accountant with KPMG working in London and the United States.

A significant proportion of Graham’s work is with international organisations and he travels extensively to advise on the development and operation of dispute resolution services and conflict management systems, including serving as Project Director for World Bank projects to assist in the development of international ADR in India (2008), and to consider the feasibility of setting up an international arbitration centre in Bangladesh (2009). He is currently advising the Qatar Financial Centre on the development of ADR within its new court system.

In addition to his responsibilities as company secretary and chief financial officer at CEDR, Graham is also a Board member of the International Dispute Resolution Centre and The Negotiation Competition, which is the UK’s leading negotiation competition for law school students.

Graham is author of The Mediation Audits, a biennial survey of the UK commercial mediation profession; a co-editor of The EU Mediation Atlas, a survey of practice and regulation in each member state within the EU (published by Lexis Nexis); and has recently contributed a chapter on conflict management to Managing Business Risk, a practical guide to protecting your business, published by Kogan Page.

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