List of presidents of the British Computer Society

Below is a list of presidents of the British Computer Society from the inception of the BCS in 1957 onwards, with years of office.


 * 1957–1960 Prof. Sir Maurice V. Wilkes FRS FREng *
 * 1960–1961 Frank Yates CBE FRS *
 * 1961–1962 Dudley Hooper *
 * 1962–1963 Sid Michaelson *
 * 1963–1965 Sir Edward Playfair KCB *
 * 1965–1966 Sir Maurice Banks *
 * 1966–1967 Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma *
 * 1967–1968 Stanley Gill *
 * 1968–1969 Basil de Ferranti *
 * 1969–1970 John Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury *
 * 1970–1971 Alexander D'Agapeyeff OBE *
 * 1971–1972 Sandy Douglas CBE *
 * 1972–1973 Graham Morris
 * 1973–1974 Ray Barrington
 * 1974–1975 Ewart Willey
 * 1975–1976 Cecil Marks *
 * 1976–1977 Gerry Fisher
 * 1977–1978 Paul Samet
 * 1978–1979 Frank Sumner
 * 1979–1980 Julian Bogod
 * 1980–1981 Frank Hooper
 * 1981–1982 Peter Hall OBE *
 * 1982–1983 Prince Edward, HRH Duke of Kent
 * 1983–1984 David Firnberg
 * 1984–1985 Ewan Page
 * 1985–1986 Robert McLaughlin
 * 1986–1987 Sir John Fairclough *
 * 1987–1988 Ernest Morris TD
 * 1988–1989 Brian Oakley CBE *
 * 1989–1990 Dame Stephanie Shirley
 * 1990–1991 Alan Roussel
 * 1991–1992 Stephen Matheson CB
 * 1992–1993 Roger Johnson
 * 1993–1994 John Leighfield CBE
 * 1994–1995 David Mann
 * 1995–1996 Geoff Robinson CBE FREng
 * 1996–1997 Ron McQuaker *
 * 1997–1998 Sir Brian Jenkins GBE
 * 1998–1999 Ian Ritchie CBE FRSE FREng
 * 1999–2000 David Hartley
 * 2000–2001 Alastair Macdonald CB
 * 2001–2002 Geoff McMullen
 * 2002–2003 Jason Pod-Woodward *
 * 2003–2004 Prof. Dame Wendy Hall
 * 2004–2005 David Morriss
 * 2005–2006 Charles E. Hughes
 * 2006–2007 Prof. Sir Nigel Shadbolt
 * 2007–2008 Rachel Burnett
 * 2008–2009 Alan Pollard
 * 2009–2011 Elizabeth Sparrow
 * 2011–2012 Prof. Jim Norton
 * 2012–2013 Bob Harvey
 * 2013–2014 Roger Marshall
 * 2014–2015 Prof. Liz Bacon
 * 2015–2016 Jos Creese
 * 2016–2017 Ray Long CB
 * 2017–2018 Paul Martynenko MBE
 * 2018–2019 Chris Rees
 * 2019–2020 Michael Grant
 * 2020–2021 Rebecca George CBE
 * 2021–2022 John Higgins CBE
 * 2022–2023 Mayank Prakash
 * 2023–2024 Gillian Arnold
 * 2024–2025 Alastair Revell

* Starred entries above are deceased.