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 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 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 CBE 2023–2024 Gillian Arnold 2024–2025 Alastair Revell
* Starred entries above are deceased.
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