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BA(Hons), FRICS, FHKIS, FCIArb, RPS(QS)

Michael Charlton is a chartered quantity surveyor who has specialised in providing contractual advice for over twenty-six years in the Asia Pacific region. He first came to Hong Kong in 1985 when he established the business for a major contracts consultancy group and from there developed their businesses throughout Asia and Australia. He became Joint CEO with the group which was listed in the UK, before leaving in 2004 to establish his own company. Michael Charlton & Company Limited was established in 2005 and subsequently the Charlton Martin Group formed in 2007. Michael is Chairman of the Charlton Martin Group, which has offices in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. He continues to act as lay advocate, representing parties in mediation and arbitration, he acts as arbitrator, and provides contractual advice to the industry. Michael has been appointed as quantum expert and has given evidence at numerous arbitrations and litigations. Michael is a regular lecturer at seminars and has organised and presented some 500 seminars in the region.

Sc, LLB(Hons), MSc, MRICS, FCIArb, FQSi, FMIArb, FSIArb

Rodney Martin is Chief Executive of the Charlton Martin Group, having previously been employed as Group Regional Director and Senior Vice President of two major contracts consultancy groups in the Asia Pacific Region. Rodney has 25 years’ experience, 15 of which have been at senior level in this region. Additionally Rodney has worked for many clients in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and India. Rodney holds dual qualifications in quantity surveying and law and as a chartered quantity surveyor is a specialist in construction contract consultancy providing professional and technical advice to clients relating to contract documentation, contractual claims, dispute avoidance and resolution. He is an accredited mediator, panel arbitrator and adjudicator with the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration and is an experienced speaker within the region. He is a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators. Rodney has been appointed as Expert Witness on matters relating to quantum and has acted as lay advocate in arbitration proceedings. Rodney has also been appointed as arbitrator in Malaysia.