ICSID Appoints New Secretary-General

On April 30, 2024, ICSID’s Administrative Council appointed Martina Polasek as the new ICSID Secretary General. Her term begins on July 1, 2024, when she succeeds Meg Kinnear, who served as ICSID’s Secretary-General from 2009 to 2024. Polasek is a dual national of Czechia and Sweden and joined ICSID in 2001. She became Deputy Secretary-General in 2016.