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Friday, October 03, 2008
IPMA Elect New Executive Board
Reported by Miles Shepherd in UK
Delegates from 44 National Project Management Associations elected a new Executive Board at the International Project Management Associations Council of Delegates meeting held in Copenhagen, Denmark on Saturday 27 September. IPMA's Executive Board is elected biannually to serve for a two year term in office. The Council also elects its new President and Chairman at the same time.
Vice Presidents Henrik Jonsson (Sweden) who had covered Marketing, Mary McKinlay (UK) covering Membership and Brigette Schaden (Austria) covering Certification all stood down at the election. Vice Presidents Nino Grau (Germany) Standards, Prof Qian Fupei (PR China) Research and Mladen Radujkovic (Croatia) were re-elected for a second term and will be joined in January by Roberto Mori (Italy), Alexandre Tovb (Russia) and Rudd Bolsius (Netherlands). Specific areas of responsibility are allocated at the President’s first ExBo Meeting, expected to take place in Rome during the World Congress.
Operating Board Chairmen were also elected with Mary Koutintcheva retaining her position as Chair of the Awards Board. Prof Brane Semolic (Slovenia) gained a second term at the Research desk and Constanta Bodea (Romania) retained the chair for Education.
Current auditor Daniel Baumann (Switzerland) will be joined by PM Forum Correspondent David Shannon (UK).
All terms of office commence in January 2009 and are due to terminate at the end of 2010.
Founded in 1967 and registered in Switzerland, the International Project Management Association (IPMA) is an international federation of more than 45 national PM societies in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.Local societies serve each country in its national language. IPMA provides an umbrella organization at the international level. Additional information is available at www.ipma.ch.
Delegates from 44 National Project Management Associations elected a new Executive Board at the International Project Management Associations Council of Delegates meeting held in Copenhagen, Denmark on Saturday 27 September. IPMA's Executive Board is elected biannually to serve for a two year term in office. The Council also elects its new President and Chairman at the same time.
Vice Presidents Henrik Jonsson (Sweden) who had covered Marketing, Mary McKinlay (UK) covering Membership and Brigette Schaden (Austria) covering Certification all stood down at the election. Vice Presidents Nino Grau (Germany) Standards, Prof Qian Fupei (PR China) Research and Mladen Radujkovic (Croatia) were re-elected for a second term and will be joined in January by Roberto Mori (Italy), Alexandre Tovb (Russia) and Rudd Bolsius (Netherlands). Specific areas of responsibility are allocated at the President’s first ExBo Meeting, expected to take place in Rome during the World Congress.
Current auditor Daniel Baumann (Switzerland) will be joined by PM Forum Correspondent David Shannon (UK).
All terms of office commence in January 2009 and are due to terminate at the end of 2010.
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