Profile of the IPI

The Board of Governors
2007-2008

Officers
Principal:
Nicola Amsel FIPI
Deputy Principal: 
Brian Walker FIPI
Treasurer:
Michael Whittington MIPI

Board Members
Ian Hopkins FIPI
R Bunting FIPI
Mrs R Hoffmann MIPI
D C Palmer FIPI
Andy Stephenson FIPI
Jim Beckwith MIPI



Company Secretary :
D J Pryke

Companion
James D Cole
John G Grant

Life Members
Ian Hopkins
David Palmer
Vincent Carratu
Peter J Robinson
Peter H Jones
Stephen Grant
Hamish Cole
Richard Akehurst

Past Principals
1976-1979 J G Grant
* 1979-1982 M W Thomson
* 1982-1983 B C Peachman
1983-1984 D E Byrne
1984-1985 V N Carratu
1985-1987 I M Young
1987-1989 P J Robinson
1989-1990 J D Cole
1990-1995 P H Jones
1995-1997 H D Cole
1997-1999 S J Grant
1999-2001 A J Marr
2001-2003 D C Palmer
2003-2006 Ian Hopkins


* Deceased

 


The Institute of Professional Investigators

The management of the Institute is vested in a Board of Governors (see right) consisting of elected participants.

Our objects are:

  • To provide an organisation to assist, regulate or control those engaged in investigation
  • To assist participants to improve their academic and business knowledge in investigation by provision of categories of participation based upon an approved examination structure
  • To provide a system of regulation of the conduct of participants to ensure that they operate within such principles and Code of Ethics as the Institute may prescribe
  • To ensure persons engaged in their investigative profession achieve internationally recognised professional academic and vocational standards and distinctions and to improve their technical expertise by promoting, organising and recommending courses, including correspondence courses, seminars, lectures and by other education means and to recommend examination structures for the purpose of enabling participants to carry out Object 2
  • To promote the recognition of professional investigation as a profession by government, law and public Members are required to adhere to the Institute’s code of ethics.

Code of Ethics
I promise

  • To conduct myself with Honesty, Integrity and uphold the highest Moral Principles and avoid conduct detrimental to my Profession
  • To conduct all investigations within the bounds of Legality, Morality and Professional Ethics
  • To guard my own Professional reputation and that of my Professional Associates
  • To uphold the Objects of the Institute and abide by the Memorandum and Articles of Association of The Institute of Professional Investigators Ltd

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