1. APM North East Branch
Annual General Meeting
27 April 2015

2. Agenda
 Welcome
 Chairman’s Report
 Treasurer’s Report
 Election of the Committee for 2015/16
 How green is your project? Social and
environmental responsibility.

3. Chairman’s Report
Mission
to provide leadership to the
movement of committed
organisations and individuals who
share our passion for improving
project outcomes

4. Strategy
The APM Strategy 2020 programme will position APM
as the voice of the profession by building a movement
of 500,000 followers contributing to a turnover of £20m
p.a. Through this APM will deliver the following benefits:
• Professional standards and a community of support, knowledge
and innovation,
• A home for ambitious professionals committed to ever higher
standards of performance,
• Partnerships with sponsors, users and operators,
• Collaborations with like-minded organisations globally,
• A Chartered standard for the cause that all projects succeed.

5. Business Plan Priorities
Fit with overall intent of 2014/15 business plan:
 Achieving and implementing chartered status remains the number
one priority,
 The APM 5 Dimensions of professionalism will remain at the heart
of APM’s approach to the development of P&PM professionalism,
 The continued growth in website visitors, membership,
qualifications and RPP will be the key quantitative measures of
our impact on the profession,
 Greater engagement with the key customer groups of individuals,
organisations, HEI’s and like-minded organisations at a national
and regional level will further enhance the APM’s profile in the
professional community and enhance its status as thought leaders
in the field of organisational capability.

6. 2014/15 CPD Events
 7 events delivered during the year,
 Combination of local & national speakers,
 Delivered both sector based and topic focussed
events – Oil & Gas (Technip), Manufacturing (Rolls
Royce) & BIM, Risk and Benefit topics,
 Half day CPD – contract law and collaborative
working,
 Professional Development – RPP workshop with
support & mentoring and a networking event with
RICS.

7. Corporate Liaison
 CMLG Meeting – breakfast meeting held at Durham
County Council – Case Studies & RPP,
 Sponsored a First Friday Club event with CNE –
around a hundred delegates,
 To join North East Chamber of Commerce,
 Identify potential new corporate members & develop
marketing strategy (ongoing).

8. Higher Education Institutions
 APM presentations to each new intake at 3
Universities – Northumbria, Durham & Teeside with
Project Management MSc courses,
 Dissertation Awards to top students at UNN,
 To provide Careers Fair representation – APM &
Employers,
 To plan Site visits for students to key North East
project sites,
 Awareness & growth of accredited university courses.

9. Membership Growth
 3% net growth in members,
 120 new members,
 24% growth in Registered Project Professionals,
 11% growth in corporate members.
592 593
600
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594
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588
595
607
600
608 609 608
575
580
585
590
595
600
605
610
615
Mar-14 Apr-14 May-14 Jun-14 Jul-14 Aug-14 Sep-14 Oct-14 Nov-14 Dec-14 Jan-15 Feb-15 Mar-15
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TOTAL number of individual members

10. Treasurer’s Report
£1,348.20,
16%
£6,733.15,
81%
£7.34, 0%
£261.28, 3%
Overheads
Event Costs
Corporate Liason
HEI Liason
 Net budget of £9,535.00. Out turn of £6,320.76.
 Revenue target of £850.00. Achieved £2,029.21.
 Cost target of £10,385.00. Achieved £8,349.97.
 2015/16 Budget has been approved at £10,930

11. Election of the Committee
 Rory McKeand
 Martin McMenzie
 Robin Merlane
 Hugo Minney
 Luis Mosquera
 Jennifer Mullen
 Natacha Redon
 Douglas de Silva