The APM Northern Ireland branch held their AGM meeting on Thursday 25th June 2015. They were kindly hosted by APM Corporate member Allstate Northern Ireland at their offices in Belfast. This AGM presentation reflects on the activities conducted by the Northern Ireland branch committee over the past year for the benefit of; - on an individual level: local APM members, employees of corporate members and also guests - on an organisational level; APM corporate members and local organisations with a project management capability or interest The new committee will meet regularly to plan the upcoming schedule of branch activities to include: 1. CPD events 2. corporate liaison sessions 3. local networking opportunities for project management professionals as well as much more...

1. APM Northern Ireland
Branch Annual General
Meeting 2015
Covering period
April 2014 to March 2015

2. Agenda
 Opening address
 Chairman’s report
 Treasurer’s Report
 Election of committee
 Co-opted Members
 Evening event

3. Chairman’s report
 Very successful year
 This year 6 main events
• Joint event with Kainos on Leadership –
Susanne Madsen
• Dangers of Social Media in PM – Jonny
Jenson

4. Chairman’s report
• Mindfulness and dealing with
uncertainty – Elmar Kurtch
• A time to change – Amanda Clack

5. Chairman’s report
25th anniversary of
the
Masters Programme
in Construction
Business & Project
Management
21st anniversary of the NI Branch

6. Chairman’s report
G8 Summit in Co Fermanagh with
David Gilmore and David Sterling

7. Chairman’s report
Joint event with CPD, NICS and APM on
the benefits and methodologies associated
with Knowledge Management - Facilitated
by Judy Payne

8. Chairman’s report
Strengthening the
PPM profession
in NI
Workshop with
the past chair
persons of the NI
Branch

9. Chairman’s report
Lunch for Corporate
members was held in
the Merchant Hotel –
Sarah Milne of Lloyds
Banking Group.

10. Chairman’s report – the way forward
 Reinforce our links with our Corporate
Members
 Continue to build with NICS
 Develop and enhance links with local
businesses and other institutions

11. Chairman’s report – the way forward
 Solid events programme
 Continue to raise the profile and
enhance the PM community in Ireland
 Improve relationships with Higher
Educational Authorities

12. Treasurer’s report
 Remained well within budget but
generally achieved branch targets
 The elements of the budget that were
not expended primarily related to
overheads, and event costs. The
professional fees exceeded it’s budget
although there are some elements that
are really event costs.

13. Treasurer’s report

14. Committee Nominations
THANK YOU
 Dermot Arthur
 Stephen McDowell
 Fiona McMurray

15. Committee Nominations
The following have put their names forward
to remain as volunteers for the Northern
Ireland branch committee:
 John Arbuckle
 Gerry Coghlan
 Jennifer Dawson
 Maura Kelly
 Marcin Kosowski
 Rachel Overton
 Leslie Warren

16. Committee Nominations
We also have a number of people who
have expressed an interest in being on the
committee but didn’t get their names on
the list in time or they are not individual
APM members!
 Sam Anderson
 Des Clayton
 Stephen Hillocks
 Colin McCarthy

17. APM Northern Ireland Branch Event
Allstate Northern Ireland
PMO Transformation