Board of Standards
- Finance & Management GAFM ®
The Place to be Certified as a Financial Analyst - Finance
Planner - Management Accountant - Economist - Management Consultant or Project Manager
Welcome to GAFM Global Academy of Finance and Management ® Standards & Accreditation Council. Our
Certification Body regulates the standards for credentialing and the accredited education criteria for
qualified business programs that are a path to our
prestigious certifications.
Our standards are unmatched as we confer designations which are based on accredited degree education
and accredited program exams. See Approved degree programs and if your
degree is not on the list, email us directly about your degree program to be evaluated for any
certification.
Types of GAFM ® Certifications: Our Standards
Policy Board awards specialized board certifications, designations, and charters in the fields of:
management, engineering, human resources, quality, financial engineering, accounting, management
consulting, risk management, communications, procurement, logistics, construction, and consulting fields
to qualified professionals who have completed internationally recognized or accredited training exams &
education, government recognized degrees and documented management credentials and experience. See our list
of Certifications
GAFM ® Standards:
Since 1996, the Academy has been promoting accredited graduate standards for certification in business,
management, law, and finance. Since our inception, the Academy has been focused on quality
assurance based on: accredited education, exams, assessment, ISO Standards, education, ethics, and
continuing education. Experience: Further, applicants must also have the necessary
experience in practice, research or publications in their respective areas of expertise.
GAFM ® International
Governance: The GAFM IBS is a US & European based council for certification standards with
governance and management offices located in the USA. Our standards council and international offshore
certification body confers credentials from the GAFM IBS Board.
GAFM ® Accreditation and Quality Assurance: GAFM is
accredited by the TUV Austria and certified with both ISO 9001 Quality and ISO 29990 recognition (Learning
Services for Education and Training). GAFM is the First US/EU based organization to achieve this global
accreditation. Also, the GAFM was the first to effect a direct legal articulation with a government recognized
national business
accreditation agency for certification standards. Approved Sanctioned by the Arab League's Academy
for over 20 Arab Nations.
GAFM ® Quality:
Also obtaining the ISO 9001: 2008, GAFM continues to forge ahead to ensure the quality of its programs.
Therefore, GAFM is honored to be the first private certification body in EU and the USA to have obtained the
ISO 29990: 2010 Learning Services for Certification Education, Professional Development, and
Training.
GAFM® is ISO 29990 Certified -
The objective of ISO 29990:2010 is to provide a model for quality
professional practice and performance, and a common reference for learning service providers (LSPs) and
their clients in the design, development and delivery of non-formal education, training and
development. The standard encourages a focus on the learner and
the results of the process, and emphasizes the full range of options available for delivering learning
services.
GAFM ® Applications:
Individuals who desire board certification, may apply to the Academy and petition for membership, certification
and fellow status. Apply Now
The GAFM was founded in 1996 by the original founders of the Graduate Leadership Society. The Founders of
our Board are CEOs, Executives, Professors, and industry experts from around the globe. We desire to raise
education standards and ethics in the business and management industries.
**Accreditation Agency Alliance - ** Accreditation Standards - In academic alliance
with the ACBSP National Business Accreditation Agency for Certification Standards worldwide. The GAFM ® Board
of Standards is a founding member of the quality assurance standards memorandum of the CHEA International
Quality Group.
Our Standards Policy Board awards specialized board certifications, designations, and charters in the fields
of: finance, accounting, management, and consulting fields to qualified professionals who have completed
internationally recognized or accredited exams & education, government recognized degrees and documented
management credentials and experience. See our list of Certifications
Since 1996, the Academy has been promoting accredited graduate standards for certification in business,
management, law, and finance. Since our inception with the founding of the Graduate Institute of Leadership in
1996, the Academy has been focused on quality assurance with accredited education, exams, assessment,
education, ethics, and continuing education. Further, applicants must also have the necessary experience in
practice, research or publications in their respective areas of expertise.
Individuals who desire board certification, may apply to the Academy and petition for
membership, certification and fellow status. Apply Now
** Accreditation - Our Certification Standards Board is TUV Accredited
and ISO 9001:2008 Certified for Quality and ISO 29990:2010 Certified for Educational Standards. Approved
Sanctioned by the Arab Academy for over 20 Arab Nations.
