The Association for Project Management is a British
professional organisation for
project and
programme management. It received a
Royal Charter in 2017, and is a
registered charity. It has over 45,000 individual and more than 470 corporate members, and is the largest professional body of its kind in the United Kingdom. The head office is in
Princes Risborough in
Buckinghamshire.
History
The association was founded in 1972 as the UK branch of INTERNET, now the International Project Management Association. Weaver (2007) recalled, that:
: "The UK branch of INTERNET (now the APM), was originated by the ‘pioneering seven’ whose meeting at an INTERNET (later IPMA) expert seminar in Zurich in 1971 inspired them to start a UK branch, which held its first meeting in London in May 1972. The first executive meeting on INTERNET(UK) was held in the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel, Stockholm on 13 May 1972 during the 3rd annual world congress of INTERNET. Jack Grimshaw was the original chairman, others in the founding group included Dr Jim Gordon and Dennis Gower. Annual membership fees were set at £1, and within a month membership had reached 78 (PMI at the time were charging £7).
[Patrick Weaver (2007), ]
The origins of Modern Project Management
'' p. 22-23 footnote
With the emergence of the
Internet in the 1990s, the global project management association INTERNET was renamed International Project Management Association (IPMA) and the UK Branch Association for Project Management (APM).
is published in collaboration with the Association for Project Management (APM) and the International Project Management Association (IPMA).
The Association for Project Management was formerly the certification body in the United Kingdom for the IPMA. However, from 1 March 2025, APM has operated independently alongside the IPMA, rather than as a Member Association and certification body.
It received its Royal Charter on 6 January 2017.
Presidents
* 1972 - 1978 : Geoffrey Trimble
[Association for Project Management (2010, 13)]
* 1978 - 1984 : David Firnberg
* 1984 - 1991 :
Monty Finniston
* 1991 - 2000 :
Sir Bob Reid
* 2000 - 2004 : Tony Ridley
* 2004 - 2010 : Martin Barnes
* 2012 - 2015 : Tom Taylor
* 2015 - 2019 : David Waboso
* 2019 - 2024: Sue Kershaw
* 2024 - : Dr Yvonne Thompson CBE DL
Chair of Trustees
* 1972 - 1977 : Jack Grimshaw
* 1977 - 1979 : Herbert Walton
* 1982 - 1986 :
Eric Gabriel[Audrey Stevenson.]
Eric Gabriel obituary
" ''The Guardian,'' Tuesday 22 September 2015.
* 1986 - 1991 : Martin Barnes
* 1991 - 1993 : Tim Carter
* 1993 - 1996 : Peter Morris
* 1996 - 1998 :
Rodney Turner[John Rodney TURNER Summary Education and Qualifications](_blank)
at ''polimi.it.'' 03.10.2013. Accessed 26.06.2017.
* 2000 - 2003 : Donald Heath
* 2003 - 2004 : Miles Shepherd
* 2004 - 2008 : Tom Taylor
* 2008 - 2012 : Mike Nichols
[APM.]
Tom Taylor announced as new president of APM
" at apm.org. 16.11.2012. Accessed 29-06-2017.
* 2012 - 2014 : Tom Taylor
* 2014 - 2016 : Steve Wake
* 2016 - 2020 : John McGlynn
Impact of project management is far reaching - APM chairman
" Posted by APM on 16th Nov 2015. Accessed 29-06-2017.
* 2020 - 2022 : Debbie Lewis
* 2022 - : Milla Mazilu
See also
* Office of Government Commerce
* Construction Industry Council
References
External links
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