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I am proud and honoured to be elected as your
President for my term of 2 years from 1 October
2003. I look forward to continue the development of
the Institute and it’s strategy, which my predecessor
encouraged under the theme “What’s Next?”. The
aim is to address our future strategy. I also wish to
pay tribute to Jack So, who has now relinquished
office to become Past President. We are grateful for
his commitment and encouragement in developing
a membership base in mainland China.
Last year we saw the culmination of the work that
has gone into debating and agreeing the
propositions which were to be put to the
membership to change our bye-laws, to recognise
new post nominals and introduce the new grade of
Member. I am very pleased that the Privy Council
gave authority to introduce the new bye-laws on the
23 September 2003.
I am pleased to report we were able to agree a
proposal to submit to a future Council meeting that
the membership in Beijing should be recognised as
an Independent Section through the China
Communications and Transportation Association
(CCTA). I am also delighted that we were able to
grant independent status to our Section in Dubai, in
the UAE. It proves there is a significant role for our
Important changes in our Institute bye-laws took
place in September 2003 when the Privy Council
approved new bye-laws. These changes have
resulted in the Institute being able to establish a new
grade of “Member” which together with the
appropriate education and experience qualifications
will enable a member once elected to have a post
nominal MILT.
The former grade of “Associate” has now been
abolished, since it is thought more fitting that many
of our Associates could qualify for Member status
and may qualify for MILT. This will give status and
international recognition to this important group of
our membership. We will of course continue to
welcome those who have an interest in logistics and
transport but do not seek full membership and
become Affiliate members. This does not carry a post
nominal.
The changes are significant because they now enable
all of us to recruit younger members into our Institute
and to give them much earlier recognition in their
Institute as countries seek to develop professional
management in the logistics and transport
disciplines which is of course so necessary if countries
are to maximise their economic potential.
As International Vice President, I was constantly
made aware of the unique role of our Institute in its
international dimension, and the recognition that we
are multimodal with a mission to provide education
and training for our membership through our policy
of continuous professional development.
I wish to take this opportunity to thank the
International Vice Presidents for their
encouragement and support and also to the Chief
Officers of our Institute who particularly have borne
the brunt of introducing the changes, which were
approved by the International Council and approved
by a membership vote.
In my role as President, I want to have proper regard
to the aspirations of our membership who wish to
see our Institute raise its profile, recruit members and
to make it more relevant in to-day’s business world.
Peter J O’Keefe FCILT
President
22 January 2004
career. The new grade of MILT is supported by a new
Certificate in Logistics and Transport and is a stepping
stone towards those who would wish to qualify for
Chartered Membership.
For all members new post nominals are now
introduced to reflect our new title. Members should
now use these.
Chartered Fellow: FCILT
Chartered Member: CMILT
Member: MILT
The Council will now examine its future strategy
under “What’s Next?” having achieved a change in
title and made our Institute more relevant to
members. Inevitably we have more to do particularly
in communicating with our membership. I am
pleased that CILT World has been well received by
our membership. At the same time we have spent a
great deal of time and energy in commissioning our
new CILT website, www.cilt-international.com. I
hope you will take the opportunity to visit the site
regularly with its breaking news facility.
CILTWorld issue 9 i
ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS – SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE
OF LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORT
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Peter O’Keefe
President CILT
Report from Director General
During the year I have made a number of visits to
Councils and Sections overseas on behalf of the
Council to develop membership particularly in new
countries. It is anticipated that Mainland China will
soon become a new Independent Section and
discussions are now taking place with Indonesia.
There is a growing worldwide interest in our Institute
since we have a unique role in being both
international, multimodal and with a Royal Charter
which gives a recognition of our professional
standards and quality. We intend to protect our
standards while maintaining our core objective of
training and education.
May I thank all those who have given me their time
and support in enabling me to carry out my task of
serving the membership.
Cyril Bleasdale OBE FCILT
Director General
22 January 2004