PrintList of Institute Presidents from 1885 to the Present Day
| 1885 | George Swainson, Borough Treasurer, Bolton |
| 1886 | George Swainson, Borough Treasurer, Bolton |
| 1887 | Benjamin Jones, Borough Accountant, Sheffield |
| 1888 | John Eley Bryan, Borough Accountant, Nottingham |
| 1889 | John Elliott, Borough Treasurer, Rochdale |
| 1890 | Samuel Collier Potts, Borough Accountant, Huddersfield |
| 1891 | John Henry Bailey, Borough Treasurer, Blackburn |
| 1892 | William Fisher Tasker, City Accountant, Sheffield |
| 1893 | William Cooper, Borough Accountant, Derby |
| 1894 | Frederick Ernest Harris, Borough Accountant, West Ham |
| 1895 | Richard Barrow, City Controller and Auditor, Liverpool |
| 1896 | William Penn-Lewis, Borough Accountant, Leicester |
| 1897 | George Stephen Parker, Borough Accountant, Stafford |
| 1898 | Walter Clarke, County Accountant, Yorkshire (West Riding) |
| 1899 | James Carter, Borough Treasurer, Preston |
| 1900 | Lister Woodhouse, Borough Treasurer, Birkenhead |
| 1901 | Thomas George Milner, City Treasurer, Kingston-upon-Hull |
| 1902 | William Stevens Carver, City Accountant, Oxford |
| 1903 | William Bateson, Borough Treasurer, Blackpool |
| 1904 | William Gunner, Borough Accountant, Croydon |
| 1905 | George Albine Thorpe, City Treasurer and Controller, Bradford |
| 1906 | Arthur Towers, Borough Accountant, Islington (Mr H M Stevens, Vice-President, was appointed Acting President on the death of Mr Towers in April 1907) |
| 1907 | Henry Marshall Stevens, Borough Accountant, Brighton |
| 1908 | Harry Edwin Haward, Comptroller, London C C |
| 1909 | Jabez Beckett, Borough Treasurer, Accrington |
| 1910 | Thomas Henry Clare, Treasurer of the City, Birmingham |
| 1911 | Robert Paton, City Chamberlain, Edinburgh |
| 1912 | John Allcock, City Treasurer and Controller, Cardiff |
| 1913 | Frank Winter, Borough Treasurer, Gateshead |
| 1914 | Edward Alfred Coombs, Borough Treasurer, Kensington |
| 1915 | Edward Alfred Coombs, Borough Treasurer, Kensington |
| 1916 | John Walter Forster, Borough Accountant, Tunbridge Wells |
| 1917 | John Walter Forster, Borough Accountant, Tunbridge Wells |
| 1918 | John Walter Forster, Borough Accountant, Tunbridge Wells |
| 1919 | Feather Ogden Whiteley, OBE, City Treasurer, Bradford |
| 1920 | Edward Darnell, OBE, City Treasurer, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| 1921 | Arthur Collins, Treasurer of the City, Birmingham |
| 1922 | Henry John Hoare, Chamberlain and Treasurer, City of Plymouth |
| 1923 | Percy Farnworth, Borough Treasurer, Bolton (Mr R D Lambert, Vice-President, was appointed Acting President on the resignation of Mr Farnworth on 31 August 1923) |
| 1924 | Roger Daniel Lambert, Borough Treasurer, West Hartlepool |
| 1925 | Samuel Lord, Borough Treasurer, Acton |
| 1926 | Charles David Johnson, Comptroller, London C C |
| 1927 | William Allison Davies, OBE, Borough Treasurer, Preston |
| 1928 | John Robert Johnson, Treasurer of the City, Birmingham |
| 1929 | Edmund Lund, MBE, City Treasurer, Carlisle |
| 1930 | John Edward Bray, Treasurer of the City, Manchester |
| 1931 | George Richard Butterworth, Borough Accountant, Hastings |
| 1932 | Donald Macnab Muir, Burgh Chamberlain, Dunfermline |
| 1933 | Robert Alexander Wetherall, Borough Treasurer, Swansea |
| 1934 | Alfred Ernest Dean, MBE, Borough Treasurer, Swindon |
| 1935 | Frank Waller Rattenbury, OBE, County Accountant, Middlesex |
| 1936 | Sydney Larkin, City Treasurer, Coventry |
| 1937 | Frederick Steadman, Chief Financial Officer, Surrey C C |
| 1938 | Sir John Dunlop Imrie, CBE, City Chamberlain, Edinburgh |
| 1939 | George Ernest Martin, Borough Treasurer, Poplar |
| 1940 | George Ernest Martin, Borough Treasurer, Poplar |
| 1941 | George Ernest Martin, Borough Treasurer, Poplar |
| 1942 | Arthur Benjamin Griffiths, City Treasurer, Sheffield |
| 1943 | Hugh Robert Ralph, Treasurer, Harrow U D C |
| 1944 | Robert William Edwin Bunn, Borough Treasurer, Brighton |
| 1945 | Robert Sutcliffe, Borough Treasurer, Middlesbrough |
| 1946 | John Ainsworth, CBE, City Treasurer, Liverpool |
| 1947 | James Lythgoe, CBE, City Treasurer, Manchester |
| 1948 | Henry Brown, OBE, City Treasurer, Rochester |
| 1949 | James Scougal, Borough Treasurer, Beckenham |
| 1950 | William Adams, Borough Treasurer, Wolverhampton |
| 1951 | Jack Whittle, County Treasurer, Nottinghamshire |
| 1952 | Sir Charles Herbert Pollard, CBE, City Treasurer, Kingston-upon-Hull |
| 1953 | Arthur Hedley Marshall, CBE, City Treasurer, Coventry |
| 1954 | Thomas Llewellyn Poynton, Borough Treasurer, Blackpool |
| 1955 | Thomas Reginald Johnson, City Treasurer, Bristol |
| 1956 | Ernest Sinnott, Chief Accountant, South Eastern Electricity Board |
| 1957 | William Orwin Atkinson, MBE, County Treasurer, Middlesex |
| 1958 | Joseph William Hough, OBE, Borough Treasurer, Islington |
| 1959 | George Beedie Esslemont, CBE, City Chamberlain, Glasgow |
| 1960 | A L A West, OBE, Treasurer, North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board |
| 1961 | A L Imrie, CBE, City Chamberlain, Edinburgh |
| 1962 | Norman Doodson, County Treasurer, Lancashire |
| 1963 | G C Jones, OBE, Borough Treasurer, Reading |
| 1964 | I M Cowan, MBE, Borough Treasurer, Eastbourne |
| 1965 | Herbert Keeling, OBE, Borough Treasurer, Worthing |
| 1966 | Richard Partington, Treasurer, Eton R D C |
| 1967 | JB Woodham, CBE, Borough Treasurer, Teeside |
| 1968 | Sir Harry Page, City Treasurer, Manchester |
| 1969 | W S Hardacre, County Treasurer, Berkshire |
| 1970 | Francis Stephenson, City Treasurer, Birmingham |
| 1971 | James Lewis Salt, City Treasurer, Liverpool |
| 1972 | Wilfred Bowdell, CBE, City Treasurer, Westminster |
| 1973 | T W Sowerby, Borough Treasurer, Bromley |
| 1974 | R S Grindrod, OBE, Chief Accountant, Eastern Electricity Board |
| 1975 | G S Pollard, Director of Finance, West Yorkshire M C C |
| 1976 | R L W Moon, County Treasurer, Wiltshire |
| 1977 | William C Evans, OBE, General Manager, Redditch Development Corporation |
| 1978 | Ray K Lacey, County Treasurer, Mid Glamorgan |
| 1979 | W (Bill) O Jolliffe, County Treasurer, Lancashire |
| 1980 | Eric J Gilliland, Director of Finance, Thames Water Authority |
| 1981 | Eric Cobb, County Treasurer, Derbyshire |
| 1982 | Keith J Bridge, CBE, Chief Executive, Humberside CC |
| 1983 | Gerry E Daniel, County Treasurer, Nottinghamshire |
| 1984 | Maurice F Stonefrost, CBE, Director General, Greater London Council |
| 1985 | Phillip Sellers, CBE, Board Member, Corporate Finance and Planning, The Post Office |
| 1986 | Arnold Morton, City Treasurer, Coventry |
| 1987 | E J (John) Patrick, Chief Executive and City Treasurer, Oxford |
| 1988 | Colin McMillan, Board Member, Severn Trent Water Authority |
| 1989 | David Hopkins, CBE, City Treasurer, Westminster |
| 1990 | Cliff Nicholson, CBE, Deputy Controller, Audit Commission |
| 1991 | Mike H Collier, Director of Finance, NHS Management Executive in Scotland, The Scottish Office |
| 1992 | David B Chynoweth, Director of Finance, Lothian Regional Council |
| 1993 | Roger Buttery, Managing Director, Hartshead Ltd |
| 1994 | Richard G Tettenborn, OBE, County Treasurer, Staffordshire |
| 1995 | Grenville J Folwell, Managing Director, Halifax Building Society |
| 1996 | John E Scotford, CBE, County Treasurer, Hampshire C C |
| 1997 | Ian Wood, Consultant, PDFM |
| 1998 | Margaret E Pratt, Rockingham Forest NHS Trust |
| 1999 | Brian Smith, Chief Executive, Stoke-on- Trent Council |
| 2000 | Mike Weaver, Director of Financial Services, Worcestershire C C |
| 2001 | Chris Hurford, Associate Director, District Audit |
| 2002 | Roger Tabor, Enterprise System Programme Director, Royal Mail Group plc |
| 2003 | Hilary Daniels, Chief Executive, West Norfolk Primary Care Trust |
| 2004 | Mike Barnes, Head of Technical Development, Audit Commission |
| 2005 | Diane Colley, Chief Executive, Rugby Borough Council |
| 2006 | Caroline Gardner, Deputy Auditor General, Audit Scotland |
| 2007 | John Butler, retired (formerly Director of Finance & IT East Riding of Yorkshire Council) |
| 2008 | Caroline Mawhood, Assistant Auditor General, National Audit Office |
| 2009 | Roger Latham, Visiting Fellow, Nottingham Trent University Business School |