| Name | Year |
| Edward Partington | 1897-1910 |
| Frank Lloyd | 1911-1918 |
| Albert E. Reed | 1919 |
| L. P. Andrews | 1920-1924 |
| E. Percy Reed | 1925-1928 |
| C. T. Craig | 1929-1935 |
| Sir Keith Price | 1936-1946 |
| Silvanus Nicol | 1947-1949 |
| Gerald W. Andrews | 1950-1952 |
| Reginald C. Purkiss | 1953-1955 |
| James F. R. Moddrel | 1956-1958 |
| Edward H. Holmes, CBE | 1959-1961 |
| Arthur W. Sclater | 1962-1963 |
| Roy Johnsen, MC | 1964-1966 |
| Robin G. Graham | 1967 |
| Arne A. Flygt | 1968 |
| Jack Fracis, MC | 1969-1970 |
| Anthony Friend | 1971-1972 |
| J. Gordon Hutchieson | 1973-1974 |
| John I. Harris | 1975-1976 |
| John G. Rustad | 1977-1978 |
| J. Brian Pointon | 1979-1980 |
| William G. Willoughby | 1981-1982 |
| Peter B. Johnsen | 1983-1984 |
| Anthony King Smith | 1985-1986 |
| Christopher J. Pearson | 1987-1988 |
| Peter L. Paxman | 1989-1990 |
| Peter J. M. Self | 1991-1992 |
| David E. Poole | 1993-1994 |
| Hugh G. Mackay | 1995-1996 |
| David E. Lewis | 1997-1998 |
| Colin P. D. Miesch | 1999-2000 |
| Sakari V. Pappila | 2001-2002 |
| Nigel Holland | 2003-2004 |
| Rodney J. Clarke | 2005-2006 |
| M. Anthony Paul | 2007-2008 |
| Ari T. Borg | 2009-2011 |
| Peter J. Crane | 2012-2013 |
| Sakari Pappila | 2014 |
| Tomas Wiklund | 2015-2016 |
| João Pereira | 2017-2019 |
| Jin Asada | 2019-2021 |
| Serena Pieraccioli | 2022-2024 |
