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 42,000 individual and more than 470 corporate members, and is the largest professional body of its kind in the United Kingdom.Kogan Page Ltd, Kogan Page Page Editorial Editorial Staff. British Qualifications 2013: A Complete Guide to Professional, ..., 2013. p. 370 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).

International Journal of Project Management is published in collaboration with the Association for Project Management (APM) and the International Project Management Association (IPMA). The Journal was formerly co-owned by APM and Elsevier, but in an act of significant system generosity, APM gifted half of its shares to IPMA to support it with long-term revenue generation. 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.A new era of collaboration: APM's strategic direction with IPMA at apm.org.uk, 2024. Accessed 24-03-2025.

It received its Royal Charter on 6 January 2017.Owain. "APM receives its Royal Charter, at apm.org.uk. Posted on 6 Jan 2017. Accessed 26.06.2017.

Presidents

1972 - 1978 : Geoffrey TrimbleAssociation for Project Management (2010, 13) 1978 - 1984 : David FirnbergAssociation for Project Management (2010; 27, 37) 1984 - 1991 : Monty FinnistonAssociation for Project Management (2010; 31) 1991 - 2000 : Sir Bob ReidAPM. Directing Change : A guide to governance of project management. 2004. p. 1Association for Project Management (2010; 52, 64) 2000 - 2004 : Tony RidleyAssociation for Project Management (2010; 67, 68)"Distinguished Speaker Series : Metros – Productivity and Service by Professor Tony Ridley, Emeritus Professor of Transport Engineering, Imperial College, London. United Kingdom. Friday, 7 November 2008" at lta.gov.sg. Accessed 26.06.2017.

2004 - 2010 : Martin BarnesAssociation for Project Management (2010; 8, 68, 87) 2012 - 2015 : Tom Taylor Tom Taylor announced as new president of APM, Posted by APM on 16 Nov 2012. Accessed 29-06-2017. 2015 - 2019 : David WabosoHow APM is run at apm.org, 2017. Accessed 29-06-2017. 2019 - 2024: Sue Kershaw APM’s first female president looking forward to shaping the future of the sector at apm.org, 2019. Accessed 20-09-2019. 2024 - : Dr Yvonne Thompson CBE DL Dr Yvonne Thompson CBE DL Takes the Helm as New APM President: Focus on Members and Project Management Excellence at pm-global.co.uk, 2024. Accessed 24-03-2025.

Chair of Trustees

1972 - 1977 : Jack GrimshawAssociation for Project Management (2010; 13, 15, 16) 1977 - 1979 : Herbert WaltonAssociation for Project Management (2010; 15) 1982 - 1986 : Eric GabrielAssociation for Project Management (2010; 30)Audrey Stevenson. "Eric Gabriel obituary." The Guardian, Tuesday 22 September 2015. 1986 - 1991 : Martin BarnesAssociation for Project Management (2010; 8, 55) 1991 - 1993 : Tim Carter Association for Project Management (2010; 61) 1993 - 1996 : Peter MorrisAssociation for Project Management (2010; 50, 54, 57) 1996 - 1998 : Rodney TurnerAssociation for Project Management (2010; 52, 64, 65)John Rodney TURNER Summary Education and Qualifications, at polimi.it. 03.10.2013. Accessed 26.06.2017.

2000 - 2003 : Donald HeathAssociation for Project Management (2010; 60, 69) 2003 - 2004 : Miles ShepherdAssociation for Project Management (2010; 71) 2004 - 2008 : Tom TaylorAssociation for Project Management (2010; 71, 72, 73)Tom Taylor at APM at tomtaylor.info. Accessed 29-06-2017.Darren Dalcher (2016), Advances in Project Management: Narrated Journeys in Uncharted Territory. p. 161 2008 - 2012 : Mike NicholsAssociation for Project Management (2010; 80, 82)APM. "Tom Taylor announced as new president of APM," at apm.org. 16.11.2012. Accessed 29-06-2017.Former APM chairman Mike Nichols, Posted by APM on 13th Dec 2013. 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 - 2025 : Milla Mazilu " 2025 - : Amy Morley "

See also Office of Government Commerce Construction Industry Council

References Association for Project Management: Charity number: 1171112. Charities Commission for England and Wales. Accessed April 2022.

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