Sir James Lighthill FRS 1964 – 1966
Professor Sir Bryan Thwaites 1966 – 1967
Dr Peter Wakely FRS 1968 – 1969
Professor George Barnard 1970 – 1971
Professor Charles Coulson FRS 1972 – 1973
Sir Hermann Bondi FRS 1974 – 1975
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh 1976 – 1977
Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw 1978 – 1979
Sir Samuel Edwards FRS 1980 – 1981
Dr Peter Trier 1982 – 1983
Sir Harry Pitt FRS 1984 – 1985
Professor Bob Churchhouse FRS 1986 – 1987
Professor Douglas Jones FRS 1988 – 1989
Sir Roy Harding 1990 – 1991
Mr J H McDonnell 1992
Professor Lord Julian Hunt FRS 1993 – 1995
Professor David Crighton FRS 1996 – 1997
Professor Henry Beker 1998 – 1999
Professor Stephen Reid 2000 – 2001
Professor John McWhirter FREng, FRS 2002 – 2003
Professor Tim Pedley FRS 2004 – 2005
Professor Peter Grindrod CBE 2006 – 2007
Professor David Abrahams 2008 – 2009
Professor Michael Walker OBE, FRS 2010 – 2011
Professor Robert MacKay FRS 2012 – 2013
Professor Dame Celia Hoyles 2014 – 2015
Professor Chris Linton 2016 – 2017
Professor Alistair Fitt 2018 – 2019
Dr Nira Chamberlain OBE 2020 – 2021
Professor Paul Glendinning FRSE 2022 – 2023
Professor Hannah Fry 2024 –

 

Other staff roles can be found in our governance section.