Why join IMC New Zealand?


IMC Membership offers a range of services and annual benefits. 

Access to research materials

Fellowship and Networking

Financial Advice

Find a Consultant listing

Conferences and Forums
Global Recognition
Health Insurance discountsPublic Liability Insurance
Professional DevelopmentNewsletters
Professional Indemnity InsuranceTraining Opportunities



 Current benefits include:

  • Market Recognition 
    Private and public sector clients recognize members as responsible and reliable sources of advice, providing services of the highest quality to solve a broad range of governance, management, operational and technical matters.

  • Peer Recognition 
    The status of CMC denotes a mature professional and may be further augmented by fellowship.
  • Networking 
    Activities of the Institute facilitate networking with fellow professionals.  Members may meet to exchange ideas and look towards co-operative opportunities.
  • Client Referral Services  
            The Institute is the source of referral to members for assignments from organizations and businesses looking to engage                consulting services.  Clients looking for a consultant can use the IMC New Zealand management consultant search                service, the IMC NZ website Consultant Search, the IMC New Zealand consulting brief advertising service that delivers                pre-qualified responses or the IMC New Zealand management consultant tender management service.

  • Lead generation from Consultant search facility  
         Members who are CMCs can maintain a listing on this site and receive enquiries about consulting services.  Clients can             search for Certified Management Consultants with skills and experience to match their needs. 
  • Newsletters 
    These discuss relevant issues for members, provide information and are a regular update forum on matters of professional interest.
  • International Reciprocity
    Members are entitled to transfer their qualification to any other country of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI) and to practice as a CMC in that country.  CMC is an international qualification recognized by countries where New Zealanders often choose to work such as  Australia, the UK and Canada and by key New Zealand trading partners such as the USA, China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand as well as many members of the European Union. The CMC certification is recognised in over 50 countries.
  • Training and professional development
    The Institute offers professional development opportunities through its regular branch meetings.  The Institute is currently working with professional development organisations to promote the training, education and qualification of persons practising or intending to practise the profession of management consulting in New Zealand. 
  • Ethics
    The Institute and its members ascribe to an ethical and professional code that enhances the profession and provides members with a unique selling proposition.

  • Assurance to clients
    The Institute provides assurance of experience, qualifications and competency of Certified Management Consultants. Membership includes mandatory continuing professional development, providing assurance that skills are up to date. IMC New Zealand has a formal complaints procedure providing a means for clients to lodge a complaint for investigation by the Institute. Only clients of IMC New Zealand members have this level of assurance.
CMC: A higher level of
management consulting