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CMIR - Certified Manager of Investment Recovery

 
 

Be Recognized as an Investment Recovery Professional!

The Investment Recovery Association sets the standards for the investment recovery profession worldwide. The 'Gold Medal' for professional achievement in this industry is to achieve Certified Manager of Investment Recovery (CMIR) status.
 
Get a Career Boost! Begun in 1994, CMIR certification has proven to further your standing in the IR profession. The CMIR program was designed not only to elevate professional standards and personal performance, but also to recognize and distinguish those who have reached the highest levels of professional achievement in investment recovery management. Fewer than 200 investment recovery professionals have earned the CMIR designation, so this is an elite group! Individuals obtaining the designation have been tested to meet high standards of current knowledge, expertise and professionalism and have pledged to adhere to a strict CMIR Code of Ethics.
 
Once the CMIR is earned, the designee must accumulate professional credits and submit a completed recertification form four years after the original date of certification. Following that date, recertification is required every five years.
Requirements for CMIR Certification:
  • Experience in the investment recovery profession for three or more years.
  • Acceptable in character, ability and reputation.
  • Pledged in writing to adhere to the Investment Recovery Association Code of Ethics.
  • Developed 35 points from your Personal Data Form.
  • Pass written exams proving a working knowledge of the profession.
CMIR Module Sessions and exams are given at each Investment Recovery Association seminar and occasionally throughout the year at other locations.
 
 

CMIR Fellow

The CMIR Fellow is awarded to an individual who has been an active member of the Investment Recovery Association and has had life experience in the investment recovery profession for a minimum of 10 years. The CMIR Fellow must also contribute to the professional development of others in the Association.
 
Since 2003, when the Board of Directors approved this distinction, there have been just three individuals who have achieved this high merit, Dennis Knutz, CMIRF, Paul Wengert, CMIRF and William Yerkey, CMIRF.  These gentlemen remain active in the association and in their consulting and IR service businesses.