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.^[1]

• 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 John Ivinson
• 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^[2]
• 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^[3]
• 2022–2023 Mayank Prakash CBE
• 2023–2024 Gillian Arnold
• 2024–2025 Alastair Revell

Prof. Sir Maurice Wilkes, the first president of the BCS

* Starred entries above are deceased.