About GAFM ®

• Continue to Support the GAFM ® Board as a "World Class Certifying Body"
• Promote high standards and Quality Assurance as a Global Accreditation Council.
• Globally Promote Accredited Program Courses and Exams and the Norm.
• Work with governments and institutions to promote the standards for each Certification, Charter, and Masters Designation.
• Provide forward looking ethics and codes of conduct that benefits society, industry and the public.
• Be a positive and constructive voice in finance on the Global Stage.
• Assist executive assessment and development of financial professionals interested in investments, financial planning, corporate finance, estate planning, asset management, risk management, taxation, and market and financial analysis.
• Promote and protect the integrity of the GAFM ® Certification, Charters, Designations, Membership, alliances, articulations, both nationally and internationally.
• Provide a structure for interaction between members and the professional financial community, business executives, government finance officials, and finance related academic professionals.
• Enhance employment opportunities for GAFM Members at all levels via networking, training, and outreach.
• To continue to grow internationally with specialized on-site executive training available at select colleges and training centers.
• Improve the knowledge and education of the public at large as an investment and financial industry information clearinghouse.
• Assist in the professional development of financial professionals interested in investments, financial planning, corporate finance, estate planning, asset management, risk assessment and management, corporate governance, anti-money laundering, and market and financial analysis. This includes the perspectives of economics, political-legal environmental issues; NGOs; and private enterprises.
• Promote and protect the integrity of the GAFM ® ™ Membership, Training, and Designations both nationally and internationally.
• Provide a structure for interaction between members and the professional financial community, business executives, government finance officials, and finance related academic professionals.
• Enhance employment opportunities for GAFM ® ™ Members at all levels via networking, training, and outreach.
• To continue to grow internationally with specialized on-site executive training available through approved local providers.

In the face of the global financial crisis and the failure of institutions and government servants, and with fraud and criminal actions perpetrated by private companies such as MF Global and Bernie Madoff, there has never been a greater opportunity to improve the base standards of the finance sector and augment ethical governance of listed companies. This is why the GAFM has remained a leader in ethics, professionalism, and governance education and strategy.

Through skill-based competency assessment and professional development, education on ethics and standards, and commentary in the press on local and regional issues, the Board of Standards seeks to positively influence participation in the management and finance industry.