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Wednesday, October 01, 2008
IPMA Elects First Female President! Brigitte Schaden of Austria to assume IPMA Presidency
Reported by Miles Shepherd
The International Project Management Association (IPMA) has elected Brigitte Schaden as President for the term beginning in January 2009. Schaden is currently serving as Vice President for Certification and is President of PM Austria. She becomes IPMA's first female President.
President Elect Schaden is best known for her extensive work on Certification. She was the Project Sponsor for the recent revision of the International Competence Baseline, IPMA’s world standard on multilevel certification. She also was responsible to overseeing the subsequent revision to the International Competence Regulations Guidelines. She has held a variety of significant posts in PM Austria, from 'Controller' to Chief Executive and currently President.
Her international experience includes 4 years as a member of the Certification and Validation Management Board (CVMB) which handles all aspects of IPMA’s certification programme. She was the Project Manager for the Global Company certification programme that piloted IPMA's approach to providing certification for Companies operating across multiple IPMA Member Associations.
Brigitte is currently working with Siemens to develop a similar programme for worldwide certification of Siemens staff.
PM Forum will publish an interview with President-Elect Schaden next month.
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.
The International Project Management Association (IPMA) has elected Brigitte Schaden as President for the term beginning in January 2009. Schaden is currently serving as Vice President for Certification and is President of PM Austria. She becomes IPMA's first female President.
President Elect Schaden is best known for her extensive work on Certification. She was the Project Sponsor for the recent revision of the International Competence Baseline, IPMA’s world standard on multilevel certification. She also was responsible to overseeing the subsequent revision to the International Competence Regulations Guidelines. She has held a variety of significant posts in PM Austria, from 'Controller' to Chief Executive and currently President.
Brigitte is currently working with Siemens to develop a similar programme for worldwide certification of Siemens staff.
PM Forum will publish an interview with President-Elect Schaden next month.
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