The Association of Business Management Academics (ABMA) has been founded and established as a prestigious United Kingdom professional body with worldwide centres in United Kingdom, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Macau and China.

It was originally established in 1998 as "The Faculty of Chartered Corporate Secretaries and Administrators" and recently restructured as "The Association of Business Management Academics" to cope with its global development.(Incorporated Number 263496)

The Association is a membership organization offering qualifications and membership in the following categories:

The Association subscribes to the Professional Code of Management Charter Initiative (MCI), a British Government-supported organization dedicated to raising and enhancing management standards in commerce, industry and the professions.

The Professional Code is as follows:

1.The improvement of leadership and management skills.
2.The encouragement of continuous development.
3.The provision of a coherent framework for self-development.
4.Ensuring that management development is integrated with work.
5.The provision of access to training.
6.Encouraging managers and supervisors to gain relevant qualifications.
7.The strengthening of links with providers of management development.
8.A continuous review of progress towards all these goals.

Subsidary professional associations founded overseas commencing from 1998 to cope with the local business environment include:

The Chartered Institute of American Certified Public Accountants
The Chartered Association of Autocad Professionals
The Chartered Institute of Logistics of Transport Management
The Chartered Institute of Property and Facilities Management
The Institute of Chartered Financial Controllers
Society of Business Management, Macau

Registered Office: Bristol Broad Quay, Broad Quay House, Prince Street, Bristol BS1 4DJ, United Kingdom

E-mail:info@abma.org.uk