The Royal Charter

In 1945 - Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, appointed a Committee, under the chairmanship of Sir Clive Baillieu, President of the Federation of British Industries (forerunner of the CBI), to formulate detailed proposals for the setting up of a central institute for all questions relating to management.

In 2002, the Institute was awarded a Royal Charter and became the Chartered Management Institute.