Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd. (FPSB), owner of the international Certified Financial Planner certification program outside the United States, seeks nominations from the community of almost 160,000 CFP professionals worldwide for two open positions on FPSB’s Board of Directors beginning 1 April 2016. Nominations should be submitted to the FPSB Nominating Committee Coordinator at nominations@fpsb.org no later than 23:00h Universal Coordinated Time on 24 July 2015.
To be considered, nominees for FPSB’s 2016 Board of Directors must:
· Hold Certified Financial Planner certification and be in good standing with the FPSB member organization that certified them;
· Be able to participate in English-language meetings; and
· Not be an office bearer with an FPSB member organization while sitting on the FPSB Board of Directors.
In addition, FPSB’s Nominating Committee will favor candidates:
· With demonstrable senior-level experience in large national / international financial services firm;
· With Developing Markets experience; and
· Who will add geographic diversity to the existing Board (e.g., Europe, South Africa, etc.).
“Given our mandate to establish financial planning as a globally recognized profession, Financial Planning Standards Board seeks to have highly-qualified Certified Financial Planner professionals on its Board at all times,” said Steve Helmich, FPSB Board Chairperson. “It’s critically important for FPSB to have the voice of the practitioner on our global governing body, to complement the perspectives of our board members from the independent, allied professions and regulatory spheres, and to ensure that our policies and programs are grounded in the everyday reality of the practice of financial planning.”
FPSB’s Board of Directors is responsible for: guiding the organization’s administration of its public interest mission and vision; developing governing policies that address the broadest levels of all organizational decisions and situations; identifying needs and advocating on behalf of FPSB’s membership; and overseeing organizational performance and providing strategic guidance to FPSB’s CEO. For more on FPSB Board members’ duties and responsibilities, see the FPSB Board of Directors Member Job Description.
In addition to the open call for nominations to the global CFP professional community to fill two open seats on the 2016 Board, FPSB will also replace Ian Johnston, CEO of the Dubai Financial Services Authority, who is rotating off the Board next year by an individual well-versed in global regulatory and standards-setting matters. FPSB will finalize its selection for the FPSB Board by January 2016. The chosen individuals will join six other volunteer Board members from Brazil, Canada, China, India and the United States.
Source: Financial Planning Standards Board
