FPSB SEEKS NOMINATIONS FOR 2009 BOARD SEATS -- INTERNATIONAL CFP® CERTIFICATION BODY SEEKS CANDIDATES FOR BOARD SERVICE STARTING 2009 -- DENVER, 22 April 2008 – Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd. (FPSB), the nonprofit standards-setting organization that manages the CFP certification program outside the United States, is looking for nominations for three vacant three-year positions on FPSB’s Board of Directors, starting 1 January 2009. 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 20 June 2008 Financial Planning Standards Board is looking for candidates with significant national and/or international board experience to strategically guide our organization in its efforts to benefit consumers of financial planning, establish global certification standards for financial planners, and foster the emergence of financial planning as a distinct profession internationally,” said Selwyn Feldman, CFP®, FPSB Board Chairperson. “With over 110,000 CFP professionals and 23 nonprofit organizations administering or seeking to administer CFP certification around the world, the task of governing FPSB and leading the development of CFP certification globally will be as challenging as it is rewarding, and will have a lasting impact on the financial wellbeing of millions of consumers.” 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 October 2008 meeting in Shanghai. The candidates chosen will join six other volunteer Board members from Australia, Canada, China, Japan and New Zealand. Established in 2004, Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd. manages, develops and operates certification, education and related programs for 22 financial planning organizations outside the United States so that they may benefit and protect the global community by establishing, upholding and promoting worldwide professional standards in financial planning. FPSB’s commitment to excellence is represented by the marks of professional distinction – CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM and CFP Logo Mark. CFP® Certification - Global Excellence in Financial Planning Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd. (FPSB) owns the CFP, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER and CFP (with flame logo) marks outside the United States, and permits qualified individuals to use these marks to indicate that such individuals have met FPSB's initial and ongoing certification requirements.
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