Nicola Cohen CAE
Master Arbitrator, October 2024 – October 2025
Nicola grew up in London and was educated at Godolphin & Latymer School in Hammersmith before entering the Dispute Resolution world.
She is the Chief Executive of The Academy of Experts, which is the principal professional body founded for those acting as Expert Witnesses.
Nicola has 35 years’ experience of the expert and dispute resolution arena. She has been actively engaged in the establishment of Best Practice and the setting of standards for experts and regularly liaises with the Ministry of Justice and other organisations, both in the UK and internationally.
On a day-to-day basis Nicola has special responsibility for experts’ and mediators’ standards and selection, the provision of practical advice to a wide range of experts, lawyers and mediators. She is currently the Clerk to the Academy of Experts’ Judicial Committee which has issued respected guidance for experts, including the development of the Model Form of Experts Report and Giving Evidence Remotely.
Nicola is actively involved in training experts and dispute resolvers in the UK and around the world in locations such as Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Dubai.
She is a Past President and Chairman of EuroExpert, the organisation for European Expert Associations.
Nicola was a member of the Society of Young Freemen (now a Guild) before joining the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators in 2014. She progressed to the Livery 2015, became a Court Assistant and then served as Chairman of its Education Committee for three years.
Nicola enjoys travel, rugby, in particular the Hong Kong Sevens, and gin tasting.
Nicola Cohen