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Honorary Global Advisors

PM World’s Panel of Honorary Global Advisors includes current and former leaders of professional societies and organizations around the world or widely known and respected experts and authorities in the project management field. These individuals provide decades of experience and knowledge about the field of program and project management. They have agreed to support the mission of the PM World Journal (PMWJ) and PM World Library (PMWL) – the promotion of global knowledge sharing and continuous learning related to program and project management. The Global Advisor is an honorary position, intended to provide further recognition to leaders who have contributed so much time, effort and leadership to the PM profession.  Many are widely published, widely known and widely respected worldwide.  We greatly appreciate their contributions. They are also welcome to provide input and feedback to the PMWJ editorial team at any time.  To learn more about these internationally recognized professional leaders, click on her or his name below. Global Advisors are selected based on professional credentials, reputation and invitation only; applications are not accepted.

 


Prof Dr J. Rodney Turner

Author, Scholar, Professor
Former Editor, IJPM
Former Chair, Hon Fellow, APM
Former President & Chair, Hon Fellow, IPMA
United Kingdom

 

 

 


Brigitte Schaden

Past President and Chair, IPMA
President, Projekt Management Austria
Chair, Global Alliance for the Project Professions (GAPPS)
Vienna, Austria

 

 

 


David Hudson, CPPE, ChPP

Past President, Fellow, AIPM
Former VP, Fellow, IPMA
Fellow, IML
Brisbane, Australia

 

 


Dr. Al Zeitoun, PgMP, PMI Fellow

Global Future of Work Executive, Siemens DI SW
Former Executive Director, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp.
Fellow and Former Member Global Board of Directors
Project Management Institute
Maryland USA

 

 


Dr. Harold Kerzner

Author, Educator, Executive Advisor, Speaker
Senior Executive Director for Project Management
International Institute of Learning
New York & Florida, USA

 

 


Ricardo Viana Vargas, PhD

Author, Executive Advisor, PM Advocate
Past Chair, PMI Board of Directors
Past Executive Director, PMI Brightline Initiative
Past Director, UNOPS Infrastructure & PM Group
Minas Gerais, Brazil & Lisbon, Portugal

 


Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez

Author, Executive Advisor, Professor
Fellow, Project Management Institute
Past Chair, PMI Board of Director
Brussels, Belgium

 

 

 


Yanping Chen, MD, PhD

Fellow, Project Management Institute
Past Vice Chair, PMI Board of Directors
Past Chair, PMI Global Accreditation Center
CEO, University of Management & Technology
Virginia, USA

 

 

 


Prof Mladen Radujković, PhD

Professor, Alma Mater Europaea University
Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Fellow, Past President & Chair, IPMA
President, CAPM
Zagreb, Croatia

 

 

 


Mary McKinlay
Fellow, ICCPM
Honorary Fellow, APM
Honorary Fellow, IPMA
Kent, United Kingdom

 

 

 

Reinhard Wagner
Author, Expert, Executive Advisor, Research Leader
Former President and Chair, IPMA
Former President and Chair, GPM
Munich, Germany

 

 

 


Iain Fraser
Author, Expert, Advisor
Fellow, PMI and PMINZ
Former Director and Chair, PMI
Scotland and New Zealand

 

 

 


Bob Prieto
Author, Expert, Executive Advisor
Fellow, Construction Management Association of America
Member, National Academy of Construction
Chairman/CEO, Strategic Program Management, LLC.
Jupiter, Florida, USA

 

 

 


Morten Fangel, PhD
Managing Director, Chief Consultant, Fangel Consulting Ltd
Co-founder, Former President, Danish Project Management Association
Fellow, Former President, Chair, IPMA
Copenhagen, Denmark

 

 

 

 


Dr. David Hillson - The Risk Doctor
Honorary Fellow, Association for Project Management (APM)
Fellow, Project Management Institute (PMI)
Chartered Fellow, Institute of Risk Management (IRM)
Chartered Fellow, Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
Petersfield, United Kingdom

 

 

 

 

 


Adesh Jain
Chairman, International Institute of Projects & Program Management (i2P2M), India
Founder, World Project Management Forum (WPMF)
Former President, Chair and Fellow, IPMA (Global)
Fellow of AIPM (Australia), CSI (India), AIMA (India)
Founder, Honorary President, PMA (India)
New Delhi, India

 

 


Roberto Mori
Past Chairman, President, VP, IPMA
Past President, IPMA Italy
Honorary Fellow, IPMA
Milan, Italy

 

 

 

 


Ed Naughton
Former Vice President, IPMA
Founder & Managing Director
Institute of Project Management
Dublin, Ireland

 

 

 

 


Debbie O’Bray, CIM (Hons)
Fellow, Former Chair of the Board, Director, PMI
Former Chair, Ethics Development Committees, PMI
Former Director, PMI Education Foundation Board
Former President, Chair, PMI Winnipeg Chapter
Winnipeg, Canada

 

 

 


Klaus Pannenbacker
Founder, Former President & Chair, German PM Association
Former President & Chair, Fellow, IPMA
Erlangen, Germany

 

 

 

 


Miles Shepherd, MAPM, MBCS, CITP, CMIPD, APMP
Former VP, Chair, Fellow, APM
Former President, Chair, Fellow, IPMA
Former Director, Global Accreditation Center, PMI
Former Chair, ISO Committee for International Standard for Project Management and for Program/Portfolio Management, International Standards Organization (ISO)
Salisbury, England, UK

 

 


Alan Stretton, PhD (Hon)
Engineer, Former Executive, PM Pioneer, Author, International Expert
Former Adjunct Professor, University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Former Chair of Standards Committee, Life Member, Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM)
Former Member, Core Working Group, Australian National Competency Standards for Project Manageme
Former Chair, Standards Committee, Project Management Institute
Sydney, NSW, Australia

 

 


Tom Taylor
ChPP, Hon Fellow, Current Vice President, APM
Former President, Chair and London Branch Chair, APM
Hon Fellow, IPMA, PM Associations in Finland, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Portugal, Spain
Founding Partner, Executive Advisor, Buro Four, UK
Principal Consultant, dashdot, UK
Author, Lecturer, Visiting Professor, Salford University
London, United Kingdom

 

 


Alex Tovb
President, Russian Project Management Association SOVNET
Honorary Fellow, Former Vice President, Certification Assessor, IPMA
Associate Professor at the National University of Science and Technology and Moscow Lomonosov State University, Russia
Chief Editor, Project and Program Management journal
Moscow, Russian Federation

 

 

 


Prof Alexey Tsekhovoy
Author, Educator, Executive Advisor to Industry and Government
President, Union of Project Managers of the Republic of Kazakhstan (UPM RK)
Professor, Director, International PM Science Center, Kazakh National University (KazNTU)
Co-founder, Consulting and Research Organizations Consortium in Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan

 

 

 


Veikko Välilä
Fellow, Former President, Chair and Secretary General (IPMA)
Honorary Member, Former President (PMA Finland)
Accredited Project Excellence Preparation Assessor (IPMA)
Honorary Guest Professor (Northwestern Polytechnic University, XiAn, China)
CEPM-PMA Honorary Fellow (India)
Helsinki, Finland

 

 

 

 


Thomas Walenta
Author, Speaker, Advocate, Consultant, Former PM Executive (IBM Europe)
Fellow, Director, Project Management Institute (PMI)
Former President, PMI Frankfurt Chapter
Member of German Project Management Association (GPM/IPMA) since 1996
Lecturer, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt
Frankfurt Area, Germany

 

 

 


Max Wideman, FCSCE, FEIC, FICE
Fellow, Former President & Chair, PMI
Fellow, Institute of Civil Engineers (UK)
Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada
Fellow, Canadian Society of Civil Engineers
Fellow, Chartered Management Institute (UK)
Ontario, Canada

 

 

 


Rebecca Winston, JD
Fellow, Former Director & Chair of the Board, PMI
Member, American Bar Association
Advisor to the US Government
Idaho Falls, ID, USA

 

 

 

 

 


Robert Youker
World Bank (Retired)
PM Pioneer, global expert
Past director of PMI, IPMA, asapm
Maryland, USA

 

 

 

 


Bill Young, PhD
Life Fellow, Former President, Chair, AIPM
Fellow, Institute of Engineers Australia
Founder, President, Asia Pacific Federation of Project Management (APFPM)
Former Vice Chairman, Global Mining Association of China
Former Professor, International Business and Project Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Industry Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, and Adjunct Professor, RMIT University, Australia
Founder (1985) and CEO, PMS Project Management Services P/L
Melbourne, Australia

 

 

Former Global Advisors

 


Prof Peter Morris, PhD
1947-2021
Former Chair, Fellow (Hon) – APM
Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers (UK)
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Building (UK)
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts (UK)
Professor Emeritus, UC London
London, UK

 

 


Paul Dinsmore, PMP
1941-2020
Board President, DinsmoreCompass
Author, Expert, Executive Coach
Fellow, Project Management Institute (PMI)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

 

 


Russell Archibald, PhD (Hon), MSc
1924-2020
PMI Founding member (no. 6), PMP, (Retired) PMI Fellow
Advisor, Author, Executive, PM Pioneer
Honorary Fellow, APM
Honorary Fellow, IPMA
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

 

 


Prof Vladimir Voropajev, PhD
1926-2015
Author, Professor, International PM Expert
Founder, Former President, Chair – SOVNET
Former Vice President – IPMA
Full Member, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
Moscow, Russia

 

 

 

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