GENEVACCORD

Guy A. Bottequin

Founder - President & Chief Executive Officer

Guy A. Bottequin

Mediator sworn by the State Council of the Republic and Canton of Geneva, lecturer and trainer. Stage director in mediation body behavior. Researcher for the Academy of mediation.


Creation of GENEVACCORD ADR SA

Guy A. Bottequin founded the company GENEVACCORD ADR in 2009. GENEVACCORD ADR is a legal entity dedicated to mediation mandates mostly specialized in commercial, international, inter/intra-companies/administrations/institutions, intercultural and political mediations.

GENEVACCORD ADR has established a Research Academy dedicated to improve the mediation process.
GENEVACCORD ADR makes propositions to politics and offers training opportunities in order to promote and to raise awareness about mediation in the French-speaking countries.

Accreditation & Training

Accredited by the Center for Mediation and Arbitration of Paris (CMAP).
Accredited by the
Pro Mediation Group (PMG) and the Swiss Chamber of Commercial Mediation (SCCM/SKWM).
Sworn by the State Council of the Republic and Canton of Geneva and accredited to the courts of Geneva.

90% of mediation mandates led by Guy A. Bottequin succeeded.
To achieve and
maintain this quality, he has a record of more than 1'000 hours of continuing education since 2007, including trade and international business disputes, collaborative law, systemic applications, body art behavior (non-verbal communication) and applied neurobiology.

Boards, committees & associations

Vice-president of the PMG.
Member of the steering committee for SDM/FSM.

Member of the
Swiss associations: SCCM/SKWM, European Magistrates Mediators Group (GEMME - Swiss section), CCIG, CDE, CREG, D&DS, PME & Politique.
Member of the foreign mediation associations:
FNCM, ANM, CIMA, ASM ACE (France), and IMEF (French-speaking countries), UEM (Italy).
Member of the Club des Leaders (Geneva - Gstaad - Monaco - London - Luxembourg).

Before:
Member of the French-speaking section of the steering committee for SCCM/SKWM (2011-2015).
President (2012-2015) of the Swiss section of the International Society of Human Rights (SIDH/IGFM/ISHR). This NGO holds the ECOSOC status at the UN.
Former president of the board and general manager of « Expertises Industrielles Job & Cie », a company counting 130 employees.
Consular judge and conciliator in the Commercial Court of Gand, Belgium (1982-2002).
Past president of the Euro-Dominican and Belgian-Romanian Chamber of Commerce, Administrator of the Belgian-French Chamber of Commerce.
Former president of the Brussels International Rotary – Brussels Atomium.

Titles & distinctions

He holds the title of Honorary Consular European Judge and was honored with the distinction of Chevalier de l'Ordre de Léopold II for services to the Belgian State.

Studies & career

Guy A. Bottequin is a textile engineer and holds a law degree specializing in land and marine insurance. He served as an expert arbitrator in the field of industrial fire accidents and as a consular judge and conciliator in the Commercial Court of Gand for twenty years.

Working Languages

Dutch
French
English
German

 

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