EFQM

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Abbreviation	EFQM
Formation	15 September 1988; 35 years ago (1988-09-15)
Founders	Jacques Delors, Umberto Agnelli, Carlo De Benedetti, Carl Hahn, sv:Anders Scharp, Jan F.A. de Soet, nl:Cor van der Klugt, Serge Dassault, Heini Lippuner, fr:Raymond Lévy, Francis Lorentz, Konrad Eckert, Iain Vallance, Fritz Fahrni, R. Morf
Legal status	Not-for-profit member foundation
Purpose	Promotion of business excellence
Headquarters	Brussels, Belgium
Coordinates	50°52′08″N 4°24′15″E / 50.86878°N 4.40423°E / 50.86878; 4.40423
Region served	Worldwide
Services	Training, organizational assessments
CEO	Russell Longmuir
Chairman	Paul G.K. Little
Main organ	Board of directors
Staff	20
Website	www.efqm.org
Formerly called	European Foundation for Quality Management

EFQM (the European Foundation for Quality Management) is a non-profit membership foundation established in 1989 in Brussels, when CEOs of 67 European companies subscribed to the policy document and declared their commitments to EFQMs missions and values.^[1] EFQM works with over 50,000 organisations from across Europe and beyond, including organisations such as BMW, Robert Bosch, Aramco, Siemens and Huawei.^{[citation needed]}