Call for honorary fellow nominations

Do you know anyone who, in achieving great success in their chosen field, has also done great things for the project management profession?

Although not a project professional themselves, has he or she been an advocate for project management or helped drive forward our profession in a significant way?

Perhaps they are in media, politics, education, sport, …well, anything really. The point is that they reached the pinnacles of success in their profession. They will also have used and supported highly-skilled project professionals. Perhaps the person you are thinking of is a sponsor/client/stakeholder? We want to recognise and reward these people, and at the same time highlight how excellent project management has facilitated success.

That’s why we’ve revamped the APM Honorary Fellow Award. It is now in line with the normally accepted meaning of ‘honorary’, i.e. awarded to someone outside a profession but who has made a significant contribution to it.

It’s a part of our strategy of promoting project management to the public, and working towards a world in which all projects succeed with project management as a life skill for all.

So, do you think you think you can make a compelling case for someone? If yes, please follow this link to view and explanatory video and download the nomination form here.

Nominations close on 24^th June.

Written byRoy Millard

Until November 2017, I was responsible for the planning and delivery of all internal audits of project and programme management within Transport for London. I joined TfL Internal Audit in September 2002, and have over 34 years of experience of engineering projects in PPP, PFI, partnering, joint venture, consortia and conventional contracting environments, as project engineer, risk manager, project manager and internal audit manager. In particular, I had lead roles within Racal on major defence projects such Bowman and IRIS, and as a senior manager within Thales on the Connect project for London Underground.

I now work as an independent consultant (trading as P3 Risk & Assurance) and a Partner in Firewood Ltd providing advice and support on matters of governance, risk and assurance in project organisations.

I have an Honours degree and a post-graduate Diploma in Management Studies; am a Fellow of the APM and a full member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology; chair the APM Nominations Panel; have the APMP qualification and have been PRINCE2 and MSP qualified at Practitioner level; and am the founder and past-Chairman of the Project & Programme Assurance Specific Interest Group.