| ISRANI, Roshan ACTIVE | Secretary | 01 Aug 2017 | | | | Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HU |
| BAILEY, Colin Gareth, Professor ACTIVE | Director | 15 Nov 2021 | | United Kingdom | April 1967 | Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HU |
| BOOTH, Carmel ACTIVE | Director | 01 Jan 2024 | | England | October 1972 | Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HU |
| BURMAN, Andrew David ACTIVE | Director | 15 Mar 2024 | | England | October 1962 | Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HU |
| CANAGARAJAH, Cedric Nishanthan, Professor ACTIVE | Director | 01 Jan 2023 | | England | February 1966 | University Of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, England |
| GREEN, David Mino Allen, Professor ACTIVE | Director | 01 Sep 2021 | | England | August 1952 | University Of Worcester, Henwick Grove, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR2 6AJ, England |
| HARRINGTON, Jane, Professor ACTIVE | Director | 01 Aug 2024 | | England | November 1966 | Queen Anne Court, University Of Greenwich, Park Row, London, SE10 9LS, England |
| HIGHAM, Jennifer Mary, Professor ACTIVE | Director | 13 Jun 2019 | | England | July 1961 | St George's, University Of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, England |
| JUSTER, Neal Peter, Professor ACTIVE | Director | 01 Jul 2024 | | England | September 1961 | University Of Lincoln, Vice Chancellor's Office, Brayford Pool, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7TS, England |
| LARNER, Wendy Joan, Professor ACTIVE | Director | 01 Jan 2024 | | Wales | March 1963 | Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, Wales |
| LONG, Andrew Craig, Professor ACTIVE | Director | 01 Oct 2025 | | United Kingdom | August 1968 | Sutherland Building, Northumbria University, College Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, NE1 8ST, United Kingdom |
| OLIVIER, Steve ACTIVE | Director | 01 Dec 2025 | | Scotland | March 1960 | Garthdee House, Robert Gordon University, Garthdee Road, Aberdeen, AB10 7QB, Scotland |
| PALMER, Stuart Beaumont, Professor ACTIVE | Director | 01 Mar 2023 | | England | May 1943 | Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HU |
| PARKER, Michael David ACTIVE | Director | 01 Aug 2021 | | England | July 1946 | Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HU |
| SCHOFIELD, Andrew John, Professor ACTIVE | Director | 15 Feb 2024 | | Scotland | October 1966 | University Of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland |
| SLOAN, Kenneth Mark ACTIVE | Director | 26 May 2022 | | England | July 1972 | Vice-Chancellor's Office, Harper Adams University, Edgmond, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 8NA, England |
| TAYLOR, John Edward ACTIVE | Director | 01 Aug 2022 | | England | November 1949 | Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HU |
| WELCH, Evelyn Kathleen, Professor ACTIVE | Director | 01 May 2024 | | England | January 1959 | Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HU |
| WILLIAMS, Martin Wykeham ACTIVE | Director | 01 Dec 2023 | | England | May 1959 | 48, Burbage Road, London, SE24 9HE, England |
| CROSS, Alison Coralie RESIGNED | Secretary | 25 Mar 2013 | 05 Mar 2014 | | | Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HU |
| ENDEAN, Susan May RESIGNED | Secretary | 06 Mar 2014 | 01 Aug 2017 | | | Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HU |
| FAIRFOUL, Helen Clare Louise RESIGNED | Secretary | 11 Oct 2007 | 24 Mar 2013 | | | 54 Thorne Road, London, SW8 2BY |
| HALL, John Thridgould RESIGNED | Secretary | 30 Mar 1994 | 30 Mar 1996 | | | 49 Kingwell Road, Hadley Wood, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 0HZ |
| LEYDEN, Declan RESIGNED | Secretary | 01 Apr 1996 | 19 Jul 2007 | | | N10 |
| ALLUM, Helen Catherine RESIGNED | Director | 01 Aug 2020 | 01 Mar 2023 | United Kingdom | July 1965 | Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HU |
| ASHDOWN, Trayton William George RESIGNED | Director | 07 Dec 2000 | 31 Aug 2004 | | March 1934 | Fieldhead 22 Nab Lane, Shipley, West Yorkshire, BD18 4HJ |
| ATKINSON, Shirley Anne, Emerita Professor Obe RESIGNED | Director | 01 Jan 2017 | 31 Jul 2018 | United Kingdom | April 1960 | University Of Sunderland, 4th Floor Edinburgh Building, Chester Road, Sunderland, SR1 3SD, England |
| BAKER, David Michael RESIGNED | Director | 01 Oct 2005 | 01 Feb 2009 | | August 1952 | Top Flat, 61 Citadel Road West, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 3AX |
| BALDWIN, Graham, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Aug 2016 | 31 Jul 2024 | England | July 1963 | University Of Central Lancashire, Vice Chancellor's Office, Preston, PR1 2HE, England |
| BLOOMER, Keir RESIGNED | Director | 01 Nov 2010 | 31 Jul 2016 | Scotland | July 1947 | Landrick Lodge, Perth Road, Dunblane, Perthshire, FK15 0HY |
| BOUCHER, Robert Francis, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 16 Oct 2003 | 31 Aug 2007 | | April 1940 | The Croft, 57 Snaithing Lane, Sheffield, S10 3LF |
| BOYNE, George Alexander, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Sep 2021 | 31 Oct 2025 | United Kingdom | October 1955 | University Office, King's College, Regent Walk, Aberdeen, AB24 3FX, Scotland |
| BROADFOOT, Patricia Mary, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 06 Feb 2008 | 31 Jul 2010 | United Kingdom | July 1949 | Amercombe, 11 High Street Kingswood, Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, GL12 8RS |
| BRODIE, Christian Norman RESIGNED | Director | 01 Jul 2015 | 31 Jul 2018 | United Kingdom | February 1957 | Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HU |
| BROOKS, John Stuart, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Feb 2007 | 31 Dec 2014 | United Kingdom | March 1949 | 28, Fielden Court, 245 Barlow Moor Road,Chorlton, Manchester, M21 7AY |
| BULLOCK, Richard RESIGNED | Director | 01 Jun 2010 | 30 Jun 2015 | England | July 1943 | Cumberland Court, 80 Mount Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 6HH |
| BURCH, Mark Lowrie RESIGNED | Director | 01 Jan 2022 | 20 Sep 2023 | England | December 1955 | Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HU |
| BURGESS, Robert George, Professor Sir RESIGNED | Director | 01 Jun 2012 | 31 Jul 2014 | United Kingdom | April 1947 | Fielding Johnson Building, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom |
| BURNETT, Keith, Professor Sir RESIGNED | Director | 01 Sep 2009 | 31 May 2012 | United Kingdom | September 1953 | The Croft, 57 Snaithins Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 3LF |
| CARR, Christopher John, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Dec 1997 | 31 Aug 2007 | United Kingdom | December 1951 | Lune Cottage, Aughton, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA2 8LU |
| CHAPMAN, Antony John, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 07 Feb 2002 | 31 Aug 2005 | Wales | April 1947 | Hill House, 95 Cyncoed Road, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF23 6AE |
| CHAPMAN, Stephen Kenneth, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Oct 2009 | 31 Dec 2014 | . | May 1959 | George Heriot Wing, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS |
| COPE, Jeremy Ewart RESIGNED | Director | 01 Jun 2016 | 31 Jul 2023 | England | November 1951 | Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HU |
| COPLAND, Geoffrey Malcolm, Dr RESIGNED | Director | 05 Apr 2001 | 31 Aug 2007 | United Kingdom | June 1942 | 24 The Broadway, Gustard Wood Wheathampstead, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 8LN |
| CORBRIDGE, Stuart Edward, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 11 Oct 2016 | 31 Jul 2021 | England | April 1957 | The Palatine Centre, Stockton Road, Durham, County Durham, DH1 3LE, England |
| COX, Karen, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 15 Nov 2021 | 31 May 2024 | England | May 1969 | Registry Building, University Of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NZ, England |
| CRAMPTON, Julian Moray, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Nov 2016 | 10 Jan 2019 | United Kingdom | November 1952 | Peacock Barn, Hoddern Farm, Peacehaven, East Sussex, BN10 8AR, England |
| CREWE, Ivor Martin, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Sep 2001 | 31 Aug 2007 | United Kingdom | December 1945 | Lakeside House, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SG |
| CROSSICK, Geoffrey Joel, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Sep 2007 | 30 Jun 2009 | United Kingdom | June 1946 | 127 Maldon Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3AX |
| CURRAN, Paul James, Professor Sir RESIGNED | Director | 01 Nov 2010 | 11 Oct 2016 | United Kingdom | May 1955 | City University London, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB, Uk |
| DAWSON, Geoffrey RESIGNED | Director | 01 Sep 2011 | 30 Sep 2017 | United Kingdom | September 1948 | Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HU |
| DIBBEN, Kenneth Francis RESIGNED | Director | 01 Aug 1994 | 01 May 1998 | | February 1929 | 3 Marsham Court, Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4JY |
| DOW, Frances Diana, Dr. RESIGNED | Director | 01 Aug 2016 | 31 Jul 2020 | Scotland | September 1947 | Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HU |
| EBDON, Leslie Colin, Professor Sir RESIGNED | Director | 01 Sep 2005 | 31 Aug 2012 | England | January 1947 | Rush Mills Mill Road, St Ippolyts, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 7RJ |
| EDWARDS, Kenneth John Richard, Dr RESIGNED | Director | 01 Aug 1994 | 30 Sep 1999 | | February 1934 | Knighton Hall, Chapel Lane, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 3WG |
| FARWELL, Ruth Sarah, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Sep 2007 | 31 Oct 2011 | United Kingdom | February 1954 | Hillcrest, Fingest Lane, Bolter End, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP14 3LS |
| FENDER, Brian Edward Frederick, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 01 Aug 1994 | 30 Sep 1995 | United Kingdom | September 1934 | Btg Plc 10 Fleet Place, Limeburner Lane, London, EC4M 7SB |
| FORRESTER, Ian Melville RESIGNED | Director | 01 May 1998 | 30 Nov 2000 | | January 1946 | 139a Manor Road, Littleover, Derby, DE23 6BU |
| FOULDS, James Stewart, Dr RESIGNED | Director | 04 Mar 2003 | 31 Dec 2010 | United Kingdom | April 1936 | Brackenwood, Brackenwood Road, Clevedon, Avon, BS21 7AB |
| FOWLER, Robert Stewart, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Aug 1994 | 31 Aug 2000 | | February 1932 | Lower House, Lower End, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, HP18 9EF |
| GASKELL, Christopher John, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Sep 2010 | 31 Jul 2016 | United Kingdom | April 1948 | The Royal Agricultural College, Stroud Road, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6JS, United Kingdom |
| GIBSON, Alan David RESIGNED | Director | 27 Oct 1997 | 31 Aug 2007 | | March 1946 | 36 Winchester Avenue, Duxbury Park, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 4AQ |
| GILLESPIE, Iain Miles Macgregor, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Jan 2023 | 01 Apr 2025 | Scotland | December 1959 | University Of Dundee, 325 Perth Road, Dundee, DD2 1LH, Scotland |
| GOLDSTEIN, Michael, Dr RESIGNED | Director | 01 Aug 1994 | 22 Jan 2001 | United Kingdom | May 1939 | 33 Frythe Close, Knowle Hill, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 2SY |
| GOODSWEN, John Michael RESIGNED | Director | 01 Aug 1994 | 30 Sep 1999 | | August 1938 | 1 West Park Drive, Billericay, Essex, CM12 9EH |
| GREAVES, Walter RESIGNED | Director | 07 Dec 2000 | 01 Jan 2005 | | June 1940 | Farmlands, Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, NN12 7RU |
| GREGSON, Peter, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Apr 2008 | 01 Aug 2013 | United Kingdom | November 1957 | 65 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AT |
| HAWKSWORTH, Alan Henry RESIGNED | Director | 07 Dec 2000 | 31 Dec 2002 | | October 1935 | 105 Grangewood Road, Wollaton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 2SX |
| HOSKINS, Jane RESIGNED | Director | 01 Sep 2019 | 31 Jul 2021 | England | August 1953 | Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HU |
| HUGHES, John Gerard, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Dec 2014 | 31 Jul 2018 | Wales | August 1953 | Bangor University, College Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DG, Wales |
| HUGHES, Michael Alan, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 07 Dec 2000 | 31 Aug 2004 | England | June 1945 | The Chapel House, Binton, Stratford Upon Avon, CV37 9TN |
| HUSBAND, Thomas Mutrie, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Aug 1994 | 31 Jul 1997 | | July 1936 | 34 Hawthorne Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5DG |
| IRVINE, John Maxwell, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Aug 1994 | 31 Aug 2001 | | February 1939 | Meadowcroft, 43 Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2RS |
| JAGGER, Paul Edward RESIGNED | Director | 01 Feb 2010 | 31 Jul 2016 | England | August 1946 | 101, Don Avenue, Wharncliffe Side, Sheffield, S35 0BZ |
| JEANS, David John RESIGNED | Director | 01 Sep 2012 | 22 Dec 2015 | United Kingdom | February 1950 | Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, United Kingdom |
| JEFFREY, Dianne Michelle RESIGNED | Director | 01 Sep 2007 | 31 Jul 2011 | England | November 1944 | Riley Croft, Eyam, Hope Valley, Derbyshire, S32 5QZ |
| JOHNSTON, Ian Alistair, Dr RESIGNED | Director | 05 Apr 2001 | 28 Feb 2006 | | May 1944 | 4 Kirklee Gardens, Glasgow, G12 0SG |
| KENYON, Christopher George RESIGNED | Director | 01 Aug 1994 | 30 Nov 2000 | England | August 1939 | Westow Lodge Macclesfield Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, SK9 7BW |
| KENYON, Rodney Frank RESIGNED | Director | 01 Jun 2006 | 31 May 2010 | England | June 1945 | 62 Chiswick Green Studios, Evershed Walk Chiswick, London, W4 5BW |
| LAMBERTS, Koenraad, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Jan 2014 | 12 Jun 2019 | England | February 1964 | Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HU |
| LITTLEJOHN, Doris RESIGNED | Director | 10 Apr 2003 | 31 Aug 2007 | United Kingdom | March 1935 | 125 Henderson Street, Bridge Of Allan, Stirlingshire, FK9 4RQ |
| LLOYD, Noel Glynne RESIGNED | Director | 01 Sep 2005 | 31 Jul 2011 | Wales | December 1946 | 44 Erw Goch, Waun Fawr, Aberystwyth, Dyfed, SY23 3AZ |
| LOVE, Philip Noel, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Aug 1994 | 31 Jul 2002 | United Kingdom | December 1939 | 1 Mayfield Court, Victoria Road, Formby, Merseyside, L37 7JL |
| LUCAS, Arthur Maurice, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Nov 1995 | 30 Sep 2003 | | October 1941 | Kcl Principals Residence, 2 Catherine Wheel Yard, Little James' Street, London, SW1A 1DR |
| LYDON, Julie Elspeth, Professor Dame RESIGNED | Director | 01 Sep 2011 | 31 Dec 2018 | England | June 1954 | 1, Rhondda Cyon Taff, Treforest, Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, CF37 1DL, Wales |
| MANTON, Geoffrey RESIGNED | Director | 01 Aug 1994 | 10 Oct 1996 | | March 1928 | Bollinhurst Homestead Road, Disley, Stockport, Cheshire, SK12 2JN |
| MCCORMAC, Francis Gerard, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Jan 2015 | 31 Dec 2022 | Scotland | August 1958 | University Of Stirling, Stirling Campus, Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland |
| MCDAID, Seamus, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Sep 2010 | 31 Jul 2013 | Scotland | July 1952 | Woburn House 20, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HU |
| MILLER, Ronald Andrew Baird, Sir RESIGNED | Director | 10 Feb 2000 | 01 May 2001 | | May 1937 | 7 Doune Terrace, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH3 6DY |
| NAYLOR, Arthur, Dr RESIGNED | Director | 18 Feb 2009 | 31 Jul 2010 | United Kingdom | February 1949 | 30 Tower Road, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 4PE |
| NOLAN, Andrea Mary, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Sep 2013 | 31 Jul 2021 | Scotland | May 1958 | Edinburgh Napier University, Sighthill Court, Edinburgh, EH11 4BN, Scotland |
| NUTBEAM, Donald, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Jun 2012 | 31 Jul 2015 | England | May 1955 | University Of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom |
| ORGAN, Terence John RESIGNED | Director | 01 Aug 1994 | 30 Nov 2000 | | September 1926 | 30 Grange Road, Saltford, Bristol, Avon, BS18 3AG |
| PALCA, Julia Charlotte RESIGNED | Director | 01 Apr 2019 | 31 Jan 2024 | England | March 1956 | Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HU |
| PALMER, Stuart Beaumont, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 01 Jan 2017 | 31 Dec 2021 | England | May 1943 | International Manufacturing Centre, University Of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, England |
| PEARCE, Shirley Anne, Professor Dame RESIGNED | Director | 01 Sep 2007 | 21 Mar 2012 | England | February 1954 | Hill House, Surlingham, Norfolk, NR14 7DG |
| PECK, Edward William RESIGNED | Director | 01 Jan 2015 | 31 Dec 2022 | England | May 1959 | Nottingham Trent University, Burton Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BU, England |
| PEDDER, Anthony Paul RESIGNED | Director | 01 Sep 2013 | 31 Mar 2016 | England | June 1949 | University Of Sheffield, Western Bank, Firth Court, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 2TN, England |
| PERCY, John Pitkeathly, Professor RESIGNED | Director | 05 Dec 2007 | 31 Jul 2010 | United Kingdom | January 1942 | 4 Westbank, Easter Park Drive, Barnton, Midlothian, EH4 6SL |
| PETFORD, Nicholas, Dr RESIGNED | Director | 01 Sep 2012 | 31 Aug 2020 | United Kingdom | May 1961 | Park Campus, Boughton Green Road, Northampton, NN2 7AL, United Kingdom |