Erika Williams has been appointed as a National Councillor of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Australia Branch, effective 1 July 2022. She has also been appointed as the Convenor of the Queensland State Chapter. Erika established Williams Arbitration in 2021 and acts as an independent arbitration practitioner. In addition to arbitrator and tribunal secretary services, Erika provides consultancy services to a range of firms conducting international arbitration matters. Erika is also Counsel at the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration where she oversees the administration of many arbitration cases. Erika was member of the ArbitralWomen board from 2016 to 2022 and serves on a variety of other arbitration related committees.