It is safe to assume that counsel wanting to appoint me know what I did in my business career. In my opinion, they are. But disclosures should not be abused, they should not be the premise to attack an arbitrator's standing in an attempt to create the opportunity for challenges by a disgruntled loser to get a second bite of the apple. Disclosures are a matter of honesty and ethics - and arbitrators either possess those traits or they don't. Disclosures are meant to clarify and assist.
Disclosures are the checks and balances for the integrity of the arbitral process.