There are various committees and groups associated with the CIBD. Other than the Chair of the Board of Examiners, the members who sit on the committees or groups do so on a voluntary basis and are sourced from our membership worldwide.
Awards Committee
The Awards Committee oversees all CIBD awards and ensures that robust processes are in place for the nomination and approval of all such awards. It is also committed to raising the profile of the CIBD Awards and ensuring that all recipients receive the public acclaim that such awards deserve.
Members wishing to become fellow needs to be nominated through their section for the Awards Committee to evaluate their applications and make recommendations to the Council.
You can find more information about the Fellowship process here.
Members
- Kirsty Black (Chair)
- Clive Belcher
- Michaela Miedl
- Megan Sheehy
- Matt Strickland
Board of Examiners
The role of the Board of Examiners is to maintain syllabi for the CIBD examinations which are relevant, contemporary and meet the needs of the brewing and distilling industries worldwide. The examiners set, mark and moderate examinations as required. They also seek external accreditation of the examinations with qualifying bodies and benchmark the CIBD exams on a global basis.
The Chair of the Board is responsible for the end-to-end examination experience and for continual improvement of the examination system, providing regular reports to the CEO and Council on progress made. The Chair of the Board of Examiners and the Head of Education and Professional Development collaborate to develop new Examinations as required by the brewing and distilling industries.
The current Chair of the Board of Examiners is Deb Kennedy.
