FPSB SEEKS CANDIDATES FOR 2010 BOARD TOKYO, JAPAN – 27 APRIL 2009 – Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd. (FPSB), owner of the CFP, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER and CFP Logo Marks outside the United States, seeks nominations for three positions on FPSB’s Board of Directors, starting 1 April 2010.
FPSB’s Board of Directors will call for two of the positions to serve four-year terms and one to serve a three-year term. Nominations must be submitted to Kati Stenger, FPSB’s nominating committee coordinator, at
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or +1-720-917-0001 (fax), no later than 10 July 2009. “In addition to significant national and/or international board experience, we seek candidates who represent a variety of experiences to complement those of our existing Board Members and help guide our organization in its effort to establish financial planning as a global profession,” said Stephen O’Connor, CFP, FPSB Board Chairperson. “With almost 120,000 CFP professionals and 23 member organizations administering CFP certification around the world, the candidates we name to the Board will have an opportunity to play a key role in helping to meet the needs of the global public seeking the advice of competent and ethical financial planners,” O’Connor added. FPSB’s Board of Directors is responsible for 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 chief executive officer. FPSB will finalize its selection of the three incoming board members at its November 2009 meeting in Ireland. The candidates chosen will join six other volunteer Board members from Australia, Canada, South Africa, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. For more on FPSB Board members’ duties and responsibilities, see the FPSB Board of Directors Member Job Description. FPSB manages, develops and operates certification, education and related programs for financial planning organizations to benefit the global community by establishing, upholding and promoting worldwide professional standards in financial planning. FPSB demonstrates its commitment to excellence with the marks of professional distinction – CFP, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER and CFP Logo Mark. Territories where FPSB has a nonprofit member organization include: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chinese Taipei, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States. CFP® Certification - Global Excellence in Financial Planning
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