The WFPMA is a global network of professionals in people management, founded in 1976 to aid the development and improve the effectiveness of professional people management all over the world. Its members are predominantly the continental federations which are made up of more than 90 national human resource associations representing over 660,000 people management professionals. The World Federation of People Management Associations (WFPMA) is an organization representing more than 660,000 people management professionals in over 90 national personnel associations around the world.