International Management Academy (MAM): membership for O-1

From the organisation's official site

What the organisation itself states on its site managementexperts.ru. Paraphrased, checked Oct 2, 2026.

Organiser

Association of Management Experts "Academy of Management".

Founded

The site says the academy has run the Manager of the Year contest since 1996; no separate founding date appears on the pages read.

Country

Russia, Moscow.

Who can join

Legal entities and Russian citizens, foreign nationals and stateless persons lawfully in Russia who share the academy's goals.

How admission works

An application with questionnaire and data consent is sent by email; the academy's President decides on admission, and a refusal can be appealed to the members' meeting.

Membership levels

The charter provides honorary titles of academician, corresponding member and honorary academician; a title alone does not confer membership.

Fees

Membership fees are paid in the first quarter of the year in amounts set by the members' meeting or the President; the pages read state no amounts.

• The current charter was approved by the founders' general meeting on August 2, 2026.
• The academy runs the Manager of the Year contest; 2026 entries are accepted from May 10 to October 31, 2026.

Source: the organisation's site managementexperts.ru (pages /vstupit-v-akademiyu-menedzhmenta, /, /wp-content/uploads/2026/09/ustav.pdf, /managergoda), checked Oct 2, 2026; the version on the site applies.

Facts from open sources

Membership terms

page on the site [own site]

Collected automatically from the sources shown, checked 2026-09-09; not a USCIS assessment.