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 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^[2]
2012–2013 Bob Harvey
2013–2014 Roger Marshall
2014–2015 Prof. Liz Bacon
2015–2016 Jos Creese
2016–2017 Ray Long
2017–2018 Paul Martynenko
2018–2019 Chris Rees
2019–2020 Michael Grant
2020–2021 Rebecca George OBE
2021–2022 John Higgins CBE^[3]
2022–2023 Mayank Prakash
2023–2024 Gillian Arnold
2024–2025 Alastair Revell

* Starred entries above are deceased.

References

^ "BCS past presidents". Archive.org. UK: British Computer Society. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
^ Glick, Bryan (17 March 2011). "Industry veteran Jim Norton takes over as BCS president". Computer Weekly.
^ "John Higgins CBE announced as new President of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT". Press Releases. BCS Press Office. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.