SARAH GRIMMER is Secretary-General of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. She was formerly senior legal counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), where she acted as registrar in inter-state arbitrations and tribunal secretary in investor-state arbitrations and arbitrations involving state entities. She also advised the Secretary-General of the PCA on appointing authority functions under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules and represented the PCA at sessions of the UNCITRAL Working Groups II and III. Prior to working at the PCA, Sarah served at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration and at Shearman & Sterling LLP in Paris. Before that she was in private practice in New Zealand. Sarah has an LL.M. from Cambridge University and an LLB/BA (Criminology) from Victoria University of Wellington. She is admitted to practice law in New Zealand.

In 2017, Sarah was appointed chairperson of the Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry Arbitration and Mediation Center Advisory Board. She is also a member of the joint International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)–The American Society of International Law Task Force on Damages, the Global Arbitration Review Board of Advisors, the ICCA Publications Committee, and the New Zealand ICC Arbitration Committee. From 2015 to 2017, she was appointed to the Disciplinary Board for Defence Counsel at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Prior memberships include the International Bar Association (IBA) Investment Arbitration Subcommittee and the IBA Arb40 Steering Committee.