| BENN, Stephen Michael Wedgwood ACTIVE | Director | 17 May 2022 | | England | August 1951 | 22, Greencoat Place, London, SW1P 1DX, England |
| BRYDON, Donald Hood ACTIVE | Director | 06 Jul 2016 | | United Kingdom | May 1945 | 10, Paternoster Square, London, EC4M 7LS, United Kingdom |
| KAKKAR, Ajay Kumar, Professor Lord ACTIVE | Director | 24 Mar 2021 | | England | April 1964 | Emmanuel Kaye Building, Thrombosis Research Institute, Manresa Road, London, SW3 6LR, United Kingdom |
| MAIN, Sarah, Dr ACTIVE | Director | 23 Jul 2019 | | England | November 1975 | Gordon House, Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PP, England |
| MAIOR, Horia Alexandru, Dr ACTIVE | Director | 14 Nov 2022 | | England | April 1990 | School Of Computer Science, University Of Nottingham, Triumph Road, Nottingham, NG8 1BB, England |
| MAXTON, Julie Katharine, Dr ACTIVE | Director | 23 Jul 2019 | | United Kingdom | August 1955 | 6-9, Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG, England |
| NEALE, Jonathan ACTIVE | Director | 26 Aug 2022 | | England | August 1962 | 8b, Walkers Ridge, Camberley, GU15 2DF, England |
| NEILSON, John Stuart ACTIVE | Director | 02 May 2018 | | England | May 1959 | 10, Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH, England |
| SILLEM, Hayaatun, Dr ACTIVE | Director | 23 Jul 2019 | | England | April 1976 | 3, Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5DG, England |
| STEPHEN, Isobel Leslie ACTIVE | Director | 24 Mar 2021 | | England | September 1972 | Ukri, 58 Victoria Embankment, Temple, London, EC4Y 0DS, England |
| WILLETTS, David, The Rt Hon The Lord ACTIVE | Director | 05 Dec 2018 | | United Kingdom | March 1956 | 22, Greencoat Place, London, SW1P 1DX, England |
| ELLIOTT, Christopher James, Dr RESIGNED | Secretary | 10 May 1994 | 15 May 2000 | | | Magalee, Moon Hall Road,, Ewhurst, Surrey, GU6 7NP |
| HOOPER, John RESIGNED | Secretary | | 10 May 1994 | | | Forest Green House, Forest Green, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5SQ |
| MCHUGH, Patrick RESIGNED | Secretary | 15 May 2000 | 02 Mar 2022 | | | 22, Greencoat Place, London, SW1P 1DX, England |
| ALLEN, Geoffrey, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 17 May 1995 | 15 May 2001 | | October 1928 | 3 The Green, Wimbledon, London, SW19 5AZ |
| ALLEN, Goeffrey, Sir RESIGNED | Director | | 13 Jun 1994 | | October 1928 | Kobe Steel Ltd Alton House 174-177 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7AA |
| ANDREWS, David Roger Griffith RESIGNED | Director | | 16 May 1996 | | March 1933 | Gainford Mill Lane, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, SL9 8BA |
| ARBUTHNOTT, John Peebles, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 04 Oct 2011 | 13 Oct 2014 | United Kingdom | April 1939 | 22-26, George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PQ |
| ARCHER, Mary Doreen, Dame RESIGNED | Director | 15 May 2000 | 14 May 2003 | England | December 1944 | The Old Vicarage, Grantchester, Cambridge, CB3 9ND |
| ARMITT, John Alexander, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 01 Apr 2007 | 01 Apr 2012 | England | February 1946 | 55 Westminster Gardens, Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4JG |
| ATIYAH, Michael, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 11 May 2005 | 06 May 2009 | | April 1929 | 3/8 West Grange Gardens, Edinburgh, EH9 2RA |
| ATIYAH, Michael, Sir RESIGNED | Director | | 01 Dec 1995 | | April 1929 | The Masters Lodge, Trinity College, Cambridge, CB2 1TQ |
| AXFORD, John Gilbert, Dr RESIGNED | Director | | 10 May 1994 | | July 1938 | Triscombe 29 Hampton Lane, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5LF |
| BARLOW, William, Sir RESIGNED | Director | | 10 Jul 1996 | | June 1924 | 4 Parkside, Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 1TX |
| BAYVEL, Polina, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 15 May 2003 | 06 Jul 2016 | United Kingdom | April 1966 | 24 Aylmer Court, Aylmer Road, London, N2 0BU |
| BEDDINGTON, John Rex, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 01 Apr 2013 | 06 Jul 2016 | United Kingdom | October 1945 | 18, Queen Street, London, W1J 5PN, Uk |
| BELL, John Irving, Professor Sir RESIGNED | Director | 01 Nov 2006 | 24 Nov 2011 | United Kingdom | July 1952 | Office Of Regius Prof, Richard Doll Bldg, Roosevelt Drive, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DG |
| BLUNDELL, Tom Leon, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 05 May 2010 | 06 Jul 2016 | Uk | July 1942 | 80, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 1GA, Uk |
| BODMER, Walter, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 17 May 1995 | 15 May 2002 | | January 1936 | Cancer Immunogenetics Lab Cancer, Research Uk Weatherall Instituteof, Molecular Medicine John Radcliffe, Hospital Oxford, OX3 9DS |
| BONE, Drummond, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 11 Feb 2014 | 06 Jul 2016 | Oxfordshire | July 1947 | Balliol College, Broad Street, Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3BJ, Uk |
| BORYSIEWICZ, Leszek Krzysztof, Professor Sir RESIGNED | Director | 01 Mar 2011 | 06 Jul 2016 | England | April 1951 | University Of Cambridge, The Old Schools, Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TN, Uk |
| BROERS, Alec Nigel, Professor Lord RESIGNED | Director | 09 Jul 2001 | 06 Jul 2016 | United Kingdom | September 1938 | 10 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH |
| BROWNE OF MADINGLEY, The Lord RESIGNED | Director | 15 May 2000 | 11 Jul 2011 | United Kingdom | February 1948 | 1 St James's Square, London, SW1Y 4PD |
| BURNELL, Susan Jocelyn, Prof Dame RESIGNED | Director | 13 Oct 2014 | 06 Jul 2016 | United Kingdom | July 1943 | Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford, Oxon, OX1 3RH, United Kingdom |
| BUTTERWORTH, John Blackstock, The Lord RESIGNED | Director | | 20 May 1997 | | March 1918 | The Barn, Barton, Guiting Power, Gloucestershire, GL54 5US |
| CADOGAN, John Ivan George, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 01 May 2013 | 14 May 2014 | United Kingdom | October 1930 | Fusion Antibodies Ltd, Unit 4 Springbank Industrial Estate, Pembroke Lock Road, Belfast, Antrim, BT17 0QL, United Kingdom |
| CAIRNCROSS, Frances Anne, Dame RESIGNED | Director | 22 Mar 2001 | 01 Apr 2007 | England | August 1944 | 6, Canonbury Lane, London, N1 2AP |
| CHIPPERFIELD, Geoffrey, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 15 May 2003 | 06 Jul 2016 | England | April 1933 | 27 Kidbrooke Gardens, London, SE3 0PD |
| CHISHOLM, John Alexander Raymond, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 01 Nov 2006 | 01 Oct 2012 | United Kingdom | August 1946 | Batchworth Hill House, London Road, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 1JS |
| CLARK, Raymond Peter, Prof RESIGNED | Director | | 17 May 1995 | United Kingdom | May 1944 | 5 High Street, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, MK16 8AR |
| CLEAVER, Anthony Brian, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 01 Jan 2014 | 06 Jul 2016 | England | April 1938 | 20, Groom Place, London, SW1X 7BA, Uk |
| CLEAVER, Anthony Brian, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 01 Sep 2007 | 31 Aug 2010 | England | April 1938 | 20 Groom Place, London, SW1X 7BA |
| CLEAVER, Anthony Brian, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 01 Oct 1998 | 01 Jan 2007 | England | April 1938 | 20 Groom Place, London, SW1X 7BA |
| COULSON THOMAS, Colin Joseph, Professor RESIGNED | Director | | 28 Apr 1992 | | April 1949 | Rathgar House 237 Baring Road, Grove Park, London, SE12 0BE |
| CROSS, Neil Earl, Dr RESIGNED | Director | | 16 May 1996 | | March 1945 | Sycamore House High Street, Bluntisham, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE17 3LA |
| CURRIE, Alastair, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 21 Apr 1993 | 12 Jan 1994 | | October 1921 | 42 Murrayfield Avenue, Edinburgh, EH12 6AY |
| DAINTON, Frederick Sydney, The Rt Hon Lord RESIGNED | Director | | 10 May 1994 | | November 1914 | 36 Charlbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6UX |
| DAVIDSON, Roger George Leith RESIGNED | Director | 17 May 1995 | 15 May 2002 | | October 1941 | Erynmount, Charterhouse Road, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 2AW |
| DAVIES, David Evan Naunton, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 10 Jul 1996 | 09 Jul 2001 | | October 1935 | Church Hill House Church Lane, Danehill, Sussex, RH17 7EY |
| DAVIES, Graeme John, Professor Sir RESIGNED | Director | 01 Oct 2001 | 09 May 2012 | United Kingdom | April 1937 | 10 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH |
| DEXTER, Michael, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 15 May 2001 | 12 May 2004 | | May 1945 | Holly Barn, Pedley Hill, Adlington, Cheshire, SK10 4LB |
| DOWLING, Ann Patricia, Professor Dame RESIGNED | Director | 15 Sep 2014 | 06 Jul 2016 | United Kingdom | July 1952 | Royal Academy Of Engineering, Prince Philip House, 3 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5DG, Uk |
| DOYLE, Peter, Doctor RESIGNED | Director | 01 May 1998 | 06 May 2003 | | September 1938 | Avidex Limited, 57c Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RX |
| DUFF, Gordon William, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 01 Jul 2015 | 06 Jul 2016 | United Kingdom | December 1947 | St Hilda's College, Cowley Place, Oxford, Oxon, OX4 1DY |
| ELLIOTT, Christopher James, Dr RESIGNED | Director | 28 Apr 1992 | 15 May 2000 | England | September 1952 | Magalee, Moon Hall Road,, Ewhurst, Surrey, GU6 7NP |
| EYRE, Brian Leonard, Doctor RESIGNED | Director | 10 May 1994 | 01 Oct 2001 | | November 1933 | Loughrigg Newbury Road, East Hendred, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8LG |
| FOLLETT, Brian Keith, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 15 Mar 2003 | 01 Dec 2007 | United Kingdom | February 1939 | 120 Tiddington Road, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 7BB |
| FOXELL, Clive Arthur Peirson, Doctor RESIGNED | Director | 17 May 1995 | 15 May 2001 | | February 1930 | 4 Meades Lane, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 1ND |
| GILLESPIE, Alan Raymond, Dr RESIGNED | Director | 05 May 2010 | 06 Jul 2016 | United Kingdom | July 1950 | Charles Hill Court, Tilford, Surrey, GU10 2AT |
| GOLBY, Paul, Dr RESIGNED | Director | 01 Sep 2010 | 06 Jul 2016 | United Kingdom | February 1951 | 25, 5th Floor, Woolgate Exchange, 25 Basinghall Street, London, EC2V 5HA, United Kingdom |
| GRANT, Matthew Alistair, Sir RESIGNED | Director | | 31 Mar 1998 | | March 1937 | 16 Campden Hill Square, Kensington, London, W8 7JY |
| HALSTEAD, Ronald, Sir RESIGNED | Director | | 10 May 1994 | United Kingdom | May 1927 | 37 Edwardes Square, Kensington, London, W8 6HH |
| HARVERD, Arthur David RESIGNED | Director | | 10 May 1994 | United Kingdom | December 1933 | 30 Twyford Avenue, London, N2 9NJ |
| HASKEL, Simon, Lord RESIGNED | Director | 15 May 2002 | 08 Jul 2020 | United Kingdom | October 1934 | 12 Rosemont Road, Richmond Upon Thames, Surrey, TW10 6QL |
| HAWLEY, Robert, Dr RESIGNED | Director | 01 Apr 1999 | 29 Feb 2016 | England | July 1936 | Summerfield, Rendcomb, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 7HB |
| IBBS, John Robin, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 20 May 1997 | 15 May 2002 | | April 1926 | Flat 21 Royal Court House, 162 Sloane Street, London, SW1X 9BS |
| JEEVES, Malcolm Alexander, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 20 May 1997 | 31 Oct 1999 | | November 1926 | 7 Hepburn Gardens, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9DE, Scotland |
| JENKIN OF RODING, Charles Patrick Fleeming, The Right Hon The Lord RESIGNED | Director | 20 May 1997 | 09 May 2006 | | September 1926 | Home Farm, Matching Road Hatfield Heath, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM22 7AS |
| JOHNSTON, Thomas Lothian, Dr RESIGNED | Director | 10 May 1994 | 20 May 1997 | | March 1927 | 14 Mansionhouse Road, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH9 1TZ |
| JONES, David Keith Crozier, Professor RESIGNED | Director | | 19 May 1993 | | | Horsepen Main Street, Beckley, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 6RS |
| JONES PARRY, Emyr, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 14 May 2014 | 06 Jul 2016 | United Kingdom | September 1947 | 8, Westberry Court, Grange Road, Cambridge, Cambs, CB3 9BG, Uk |
| KENNEY WALLACE, Geraldine Anne, Dr RESIGNED | Director | 19 May 1998 | 06 May 2015 | United Kingdom | March 1943 | 10 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH |
| KING, David Anthony, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 01 Jun 2008 | 06 Jul 2016 | England | August 1939 | 20 Glisson Road, Cambridge, CB1 2HD |
| KLUG, Aaron, Professor Sir RESIGNED | Director | 01 Dec 1995 | 01 Dec 2000 | | August 1926 | 70 Cavendish Avenue, Cambridge, CB1 7UT |
| KNILL, John Lawrence RESIGNED | Director | | 30 Sep 1993 | | November 1934 | Highwood Farm, Long Lane Shaw, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 2TB |
| KREBS, John Richard, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 15 May 2002 | 06 Jul 2016 | United Kingdom | April 1946 | 11 Brookside, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 7PJ |
| LACHMANN, Peter Julius, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 05 Oct 1999 | 15 May 2003 | England | December 1931 | 36 Conduit Head Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0EY |
| LADDIE, Hugh Ian Lang RESIGNED | Director | 15 May 2000 | 01 Dec 2008 | | April 1946 | 1 Heathgate, London, NW11 7AR |
| LEAKEY, David Martin, Doctor RESIGNED | Director | | 16 May 1996 | | July 1932 | Rocheberie Grassy Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 1PW |
| LEDWITH, Anthony, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Apr 1999 | 15 May 2003 | | August 1933 | 193 Wigan Road, Standish, Wigan, Lancashire, WN6 0AE |
| LLOYD OF BERWICK, Anthony John Leslie, Lord RESIGNED | Director | 08 Dec 2010 | 06 May 2015 | Uk | May 1929 | Houses Of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW |
| LYNCH, Michael Richard, Dr RESIGNED | Director | 05 May 2010 | 05 Dec 2018 | United Kingdom | June 1965 | 20, St. James's Square, London, SW1Y 4JY, England |
| MALPAS, Robert RESIGNED | Director | 24 Nov 1993 | 01 Jan 1997 | | August 1927 | 2 Belgrave Mews West, London, SW1X 8HT |
| MARGETTS, Robert John, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 01 Jan 2001 | 06 Jul 2016 | England | November 1946 | C/O Matlin Patterson, 7th Floor Buchanan House, 3 St James's Square London, SW1Y 4JU |
| MAY OF OXFORD, The Lord RESIGNED | Director | 30 Nov 2000 | 06 Jul 2016 | United Kingdom | January 1936 | Presidents Flat, The Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG |
| MCHUGH, Patrick RESIGNED | Director | 15 May 2000 | 02 Mar 2022 | Wales | June 1952 | 22, Greencoat Place, London, SW1P 1DX, England |
| MCHUGH, Patrick RESIGNED | Director | | 20 May 1997 | | June 1952 | 20 Dulwich Common, London, SE21 7EX |
| MCKILLOP, Thomas Fulton Wilson, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 01 Jan 2007 | 07 Jun 2011 | United Kingdom | March 1943 | 10 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Richard Terence Pike RESIGNED | Director | | 19 May 1993 | | May 1942 | 52 Canonbury Park North, London, N1 2JT |
| MOORHOUSE, David George RESIGNED | Director | 17 May 1995 | 01 Nov 2001 | England | March 1947 | Leywood School House, Leywood Road, Harvel, Kent, DA13 0UD |
| MORRIS, James Richard Samuel, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 19 May 1993 | 15 May 2001 | | November 1925 | Breadsall Manor, Breadsall Village, Derby, DE21 5LL |
| NEILL, Brian Thomas, The Right Honourable Sir RESIGNED | Director | 10 May 1994 | 15 May 2000 | United Kingdom | August 1923 | 2 Aubrey Walk, London, W8 7JG |
| NEWBOULD, Brian Bernard, Dr RESIGNED | Director | 28 Apr 1992 | 19 May 1998 | | January 1934 | 28 Springbank, Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 5LQ |
| NEWBY, Howard Joseph, Sir RESIGNED | Director | | 01 Apr 1994 | England | December 1947 | Wharf Barn, Passage Road Aust, Bristol, Avon, BS35 4BG |
| NURSE, Paul, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 01 Dec 2010 | 06 Jul 2016 | Uk | January 1949 | 6-9, Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG |
| O'NEILL, Onora Sylvia, Baroness RESIGNED | Director | 09 May 2006 | 08 Jul 2020 | England | August 1941 | 11a Stonefield Street, London, N1 0HW |
| OGILVIE, Bridget Margaret, Dr RESIGNED | Director | 16 May 1996 | 15 May 2001 | | March 1938 | 79 Brondesbury Road, London, NW6 6BB |
| ONWURAH, Chi RESIGNED | Director | 06 Jul 2016 | 02 Mar 2022 | United Kingdom | April 1965 | Suite 24, 7-15 Pink Lane, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 5DW, United Kingdom |
| OXBURGH, Lord RESIGNED | Director | 16 May 1996 | 06 Jul 2016 | United Kingdom | November 1934 | 14 Bentley Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 2AW |
| PARKER, John Thomas, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 11 Jul 2011 | 15 Sep 2014 | United Kingdom | April 1942 | 1-3, Strand, London, WC2N 5EH, Uk |