This is the highest grade of primary membership and is applicable to full members who are in good standing, and are actually working at strategic level in the field of people management and development. Additionally, National Council shall only confer this grade to a member who can show that:

• He has been a full member of the Institute continuously for an unbroken period of eight years; or an aggregate period of ten years;
• Holds at least a Human Resources Diploma or relevant higher qualification from an institute recognized by the Institute;
• He has worked in the people management and development field at policy making level for not less than eight years, or an aggregate of ten years; and
• He has benefited from Continuing Professional Development (CPD) during the immediate past three years or longer, and can prove at least three days or twenty-one hours of CPD for each of those years.