Qualifications

Qualifications

Mediation

• Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators (IAMA); Sydney Australia
• The Accord Group – Franchise & Small Business Mediation; Sydney, Australia

Advanced Mediation

• Global Negotiation Insight Institute (GNII), Omega New York, formerly Harvard Law School  – Harvard Program On Negotiation (PON), USA.

Hostage Negotiations and Crisis Intervention

• New York Police Department Hostage Negotiation Team (former) – USA

Advanced Commercial Mediation

• Association Conflict Resolution (ACR); Austin, USA

Conflict Coaching

• Cinnergy Coaching; Dublin, Ireland

Papua New Guinea Experience

Tony’s experience as a mediator in Papua New Guinea is extensive and has included assignments from the National Court over the last 3 years in the following areas of conflict:

• Commercial Disputes involving the Oil Industry, Mining Industry, Banking and Forestry Industries;
• Defamation Disputes;
• Regional Government;
• Landowner Disputes Building and Construction Disputes;
• Governance Disputes and issue;
• Multi-party Disputes.

International and National Mediator Accreditation

• International Mediation Institute, The Hague, Holland
• Australia, National Mediator Accreditation System (NMAS),
• Australia, LEADR – Association of Dispute Resolvers,
• National Court, Papua New Guinea
• International Association of Hostage Negotiators, New York, US
• Cinnergy Conflict Coaching – Canada

International and National positions include:

Secretary-Treasurer:

• Asia Pacific Meditation Forum (APMF)

Director:

• Malaysian Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre (MADRC)

Australian Director:            

• International Association Hostages Negotiators (IAHN)

Professional affiliations

• Asia Pacific Mediation Forum
• LEADR, Association of Dispute Resolvers
• American Bar Association – Associate Member, Conflict Resolution Section
• International Coaching Federation
• Association Conflict Resolution (ACR) USA
• World Mediation Forum