Led by the International Committee, the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management has been playing an active role in the international HR community since its inception.

HKIHRM is currently a member of the Asia Pacific Federation of Human Resource Management (APFHRM) and serving on its Council as the Vice President. APFHRM is the representative organization for HRM in Asia Pacific and currently has 14 members, representing Australia, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand . It aims at improving the quality and effectiveness of professional HRM, as well as the importance of its role in all employing organizations, both public and private, at national and international levels.

APFHRM joined the World Federation of Personnel Management Associations (WFPMA) as a full member in June 1980. WFPMA is the most important global HR organization representing over 50 national HR institutes worldwide. Mr Eddie Ng, the Co-chairperson of the International Committee of the HKIHRM, had been the President of the WFPMA during 2000-2002. One of the most important projects WFPMA has undertaken is the "HR Competencies and Professional Standards Project". The ultimate objective of this project is to develop a worldwide definition of what an HR professional is and does in terms of a "global set of core competencies".