The Institute of Business Consulting

The Institute of Business Consulting (IBC) is the professional body for business consultancy, responsible for the standards to which professional business consultants work.  Membership, therefore, clearly demonstrates that you will work professionally and your clients can be assured that you will put professional standards first in all that you do with them.

Consultancy is a wide-ranging and varied profession. It is also demanding and challenging. When you are deciding about becoming a consultant you will probably feel that you want information and advice about many aspects of the profession. IBC can help you with this, both directly and through its wide range of members who will talk to you about consultancy as a career. In addition, IBC has the authority to confer the Certified Management Consultant award (CMC) for competence in consultancy. This award demonstrates that a management consultant has strong consultancy skills and experience, assessment involves endorsement by client references.  To add weight to this important accolade, it is internationally recognised.

In the UK, IBC is the only organisation with the authority to award the CMC. Before you can be assessed for CMC you need to be a member of the Institute.