About Us

The Forum for Expatriate Management was founded in October 2008 by Brian Friedman.

Formerly the Chief Executive Officer of both Ernst & Young's and previously Arthur Andersen's Human Capital practice, Brian has worked in Global Mobility and Expatriate Management for over 25 years.

Our deeply-held belief is that service providers have tended to look at expatriate management through the wrong end of the telescope - that is, focusing on the service they offer the assignee. In reality, the issue needs to be considered from the perspective of the assignee and the in-house global mobility professional.

The real issue is moving an employee (and accompanying family) from one location to another. It is not a question of relocation, HR, tax, schooling, banking or any other of the myriad issues facing the assignee. Rather it is all of them, with an international twist added in for good measure.

To address this problem, we believe there is a clear need for an online community of International Human Resource and Global Mobility professionals that is wholly inclusive in nature and open to both in-house and service provider professionals alike.