Mr Narcisse Aka is a former Judge and Secretary General of the Court of Arbitration of Ivory Coast (CACI).  As a lawyer, he was a Consultant of the international Trade Centre (ITC). He teaches Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution at the OHADA Regional School of Judges (ERSUMA) and at the Félix Houphouët-Boigny University of Abidjan. He is a trainer at the Sofreco-Perspective firm in Paris. He is also the President of the Institute of Community Law (ICL). Since February 2014, he is the Secretary General of the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration of OHADA (Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa, treaty signed by 17 countries). He is Vice-President of African Association of Arbitration and Mediation Centres (ACAM).