Lakshmi Swaminathan becomes 1st Indian Asian Development Bank Admin Tribunal president

• Ms. Lakshmi Swaminathan became the first Indian to become president of Administrative Tribunal of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for three years. 
• Ms. Swaminathan is the seventh president of the Tribunal. 
• She is the first Indian to become the president of the Tribunal.

• Of the previous six presidents, two had been from the US, two from Philippines, one from Sri Lanka and one from the UK.
• She was appointed as member of the Tribunal in 2010 and has been its acting president since August 2013.
• At present, she is a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of several public sector undertakings and NSE.

About Administrative Tribunal of Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Established: 1991, as an external mechanism to review personnel decisions by Management.

Composition: Consists of five judges, who are all nationals of member countries of ADB.

The Tribunal elected Judge Ms. Lakshmi Swaminathan as President and Professor Roy Lewis as Vice-President on the occasion of the 35th session held in Manila.                                                           

The current members of the Tribunal are:                                                                   Ms. Lakshmi Swaminathan
Mr. Roy Lewis
Ms. Gillian Triggs
Mr. Samuel Estreicher
Mr. Shin-ichi Ago

Tribunal Secretariat                                                                           Cesar L. Villanueva, Executive Secretary                                                                              Christine Griffiths, Assistant to the Administrative Tribunal