CEO Biography

CEO of Afghanistan Center for Commercial Dispute Resolution (ACDR)

Mr. Tawakol Khuram

Mr. Tawakol Khuram, the CEO of Afghanistan Center for Commercial Dispute Resolution (ACDR). He was born to a religious and intellectual family in 1994 in Kabul Province of Afghanistan. Mr. Tawakol Khuram earned his LLB degree in Law and Judiciary from Al-Beruni University in 2015 and received his master’s in Private Law from a Private University in Kabul. For several years he has been engaged in the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Commercial Law and Financial Law.

Previously he worked as Legal Advisor at the Ministry of Public Health, legal consultant at KEA Legal Firm and Consulting Service. He is also well familiar with the commercial and business law, contract drafting, MoU drafting, as well as commercial dispute resolution through ADR such as Arbitration and Mediation. Previously he also worked as Case Manager at the ACDR where he was responsible to manage various commercial cases. Prior to joining ACDR as Executive Director, he served as Government Relation Director at the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI).

Besides, he has been working on community development, youth empowerment, legal awareness campaigns, and legal capacity building for youth with different social and human rights organizations. He also taught commercial law, criminal law, and public law. He wrote an article on the “Role of Biometric Systems in Criminal Investigations and Cybersecurity Law in the Afghanistan Criminal Code and the International Law”.