About Us

Young Professionals

Young Professionals can be defined as an individual aged 21 to 40 in their early to middle careers. They are skilled, connected, passionate and make up a very sizable global demographic, running into the hundreds of millions. They have moved beyond the title of “youth” and are now effectively part of the establishment, connected through the organisations that employ them, and the improved opportunities to engage in various democratic processes. They are more receptive to new ideas and actual change. Young Professionals are ideally placed to influence and capable of driving current and future change in the world.

IYPF exists to help Young Professionals realise this potential, to take advantage of this position, and to eventually help them take their place as the world leaders of tomorrow.

The International Young Professionals Foundation

IYPF was formed in 2001 to meet a need at the time to create an organisation whose goal was to produce a global community of Young Professionals creating a better world for current and future generations through local and global action

IYPF is a professional focused organisation that seeks to:

• Highlight the powerful position and influence Young Professionals have both inside corporations and through government
• Encourage Young Professionals to actively help make a difference
• Improve the capacity of Young Professionals making a difference through information, knowledge, & connectivity

While we encourage participation and engagement on all issues, our focus as an organisation is the MDG’s:

• United Nations Millennium Development Goals represents the greatest achievement humanity could reach to create the largest improvement to the human condition to 2015.

IYPF is governed by an international board of six outstanding young professionals and is growing an impressive list of patrons on its Advisory Council including the President of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations, the Chair of the Commonwealth Engineering Council, the Executive Director of the Youth Employment Summit, and the Director of Friends of the Earth (Hong Kong).