2013
Our story begins
The Institute was established
About the Institute
The Business Excellence Institute is a membership body that works to help its members – be they individuals or organizations – get outstanding results for all their stakeholders. It promotes excellence in management and the Business Excellence profession and has members on 6 continents.
2014
Going strong in our second year
- Chartered Business Excellence Professional qualification launched
- BEX Excellence Baseline published
2015
Expanding
- The BEX Management Ecademy is launched
- Sustainable Business Excellence Framework published
- BEX established in Brussels, Oslo and Tokyo
- APEX the Boardroom Board Game™ launched
- First Excellence Baseline audits conducted
- The Business Excellence Alignment Model published
2016
First Hall of Fame member
- The Institute starts sponsoring SciFest
- 1st International Business Learning Games Competition & Mini-Conference (Dublin, Ireland)
- Jon Prusmack inaugurated into the Excellence Hall of Fame
2017
Expansion into Latin America
- BEX Partners with the Latin American Quality Institute to promote Excellence in the region
- 2nd Annual Conference On Business Learning Games & International Business Learning
Games Competition (Lisbon, Portugal) - BEX established in Athens and Lisbon
- Don Haider, Eileen McDonnell and Martin Naughton inducted into the Excellence Hall of Fame
2018
Members from 34 countries
- Membership expands to include members from 34 countries
- BEX established in Seville
- 3rd Annual Conference On Business Learning Games & International Business Learning Games Competition (Lisbon, Portugal)
- Julia Chang Bloch, Marie Lindsay, and Raomal Perera inducted into the Excellence Hall of Fame
2019
Members spaning through 6 continents
- The Institute’s membership grows to span 6 continents
- The Excellence Manifesto is published (see ExcellenceManifesto.com)
- 4th Annual Conference On Business Learning Games & International Business Learning
- Clara Shih, Feargal Quinn, and Henry Mintzberg inducted into the Excellence Hall of Fame
- BEX Partner with the Chartered Institute of Marketing Management of Ontario
2020
Still expanding in this challenging time
- Dalhousie University becomes a training delivery partner
- Andrew Kakabadse and Teresa Kemppi-Vasama inducted into the Excellence Hall of Fame
- BEX established in Munich
2021
Going strong into the future
- SciFest launch the Business Excellence Institute Award for science projects with greatest potential for positive business impact
- Joe Schmidt and Rita Gunther-McGrath inducted into the Excellence Hall of Fame
2022
Members from 37 countries
- Membership expands to include members from 37 countries
Sponsored Partners
BEX is proud to sponsor SciFest encouraging a love of science & technology on the island of Ireland.
Regional Partners
Delivery Partners
