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SPEZIAL
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CONTROLLING INTERNATIONAL
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ISSUE 12
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SEPTEMBER 2015
CONTROLLER
Hans-Peter Sander
Head of PR / New
Media ICV
ICV
In 2015 the International Controller Association (ICV)
celebrates its 40th anniversary. Founded in 1975 as a
first controller association, the ICV with its Honorary
Chairman Dr. Dr. hc Albrecht Deyhle has increasingly
influenced controlling in German-speaking countries
and set controlling standards. Good controlling has
indisputably become the key to economic success.
The International Controller Association is the in-
ternational address for controlling competence. Its
present importance and perspectives arising for the
future are inconceivable without the historical devel-
opment of the ICV and without the volunteer work of
its members.
At the beginning of the history of the ICV stands the CA con-
troller akademie, founded in autumn 1972 by Albrecht Dey-
hle. A trigger for founding the Controller Association by Al-
brecht Deyhle and six other founding members in early 1975
was a wish: the first graduates of the five-stage program
of the Akademie wanted to have a platform for experience
exchange, even after the series of seminars. In the following
years, the working groups of the Controller Association were
formed – also today they are the heart of the Association’s
work. In the center stand experience exchange, communica-
tion, as well as the focus on future-oriented trends. The ICV
thus contributes to the personal success of its members and
to the sustainable performance of enterprises.
In the 1970s controllers were often exotic-looking “lone
wolves”. Hence came their desire to be able to exchange
knowledge with professionals like themselves. The Associa-
tion structures strengthened, the number of members grew
steadily. In 1990 the ICV welcomed its 1,000th member.
Today the Association has over 6,500 members, who in the
majority work in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Ser-
bia and twenty other countries in Central and Eastern Europe
in around 80 regional, sector and expert working groups.
After 1989, the ICV entered a crucial new phase of develop-
ment. Since the 1990s it has evolved dramatically. Member
numbers increased significantly and the reunification of
Germany determined new additional tasks. The interna-
tionalisation of the Association started. Regional working
groups were built outside the German-speaking region, first
in Poland and then in other countries of Central and Eastern
Europe. The Association was renamed the “International
Controller Association” in 2000.
In 1995 on the ICV’s initiative the International Group of
Controlling (IGC) was founded; an association of important
training institutions, software companies and other institu-
tions interested in controlling development in Europe.
Characteristic for the new phase of development since the
1990s is in addition to internationalisation the even stronger
thematic focus of the ICV. Work results of the members have
been published for the controller practice as “Statements”.
In the last ten years expert networks began their work at the
ICV as so-called “expert working groups”. Their work results
are available for the controlling practitioners community and
are not concerned with sensation or recognition.
With its restructuring in 2009, the ICV Ideenwerkstatt – a
top-class team of scientists and representatives of the con-
trolling practice – adopted in the ICV the role of the innovator
as the technical spearhead. They systematically observe the
controlling-relevant environment in order to identify signifi-
cant trends as early as possible. They develop the “Dream
Cars” of the ICV and make a significant contribution to the
ICV position as subject leader in the financial and controller
community. Their ideas and results are transferred to the
expert working groups or other project groups in concrete
practical products.
IN 2015 THE INTERNATIONAL CONTROLLER
ASSOCIATION (ICV) IS 40 YEARS YOUNG
“THE PAST SHAPES
OUR FUTURE”
