Our leaders

Meet the leaders of Imperial College London, past and present, who are in charge of overseeing the College’s strategic direction and efficient management.

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Chairs

DatesChair
2015 - Sir Philip Dilley
2011 - 2015 Baroness Manningham-Buller
2005 - 2011 Lord Kerr of Kinlochard
1997 - 2004 The Lord Vincent of Coleshill GBE, KCB, DSO
1988 - 1996 The Rt Hon. Sir Frank Cooper, GCB, CMG, FIC
1975 - 1988 The Hon. Sir Henry Fisher, MA, FIC
1962 - 1974 Roger Mellor Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield, GCB, GCMG, HONDCL(OXON), HONFICE, FIC, FRS
1947 - 1962 Evelyn Hugh John Boscawen, 8th Viscount Falmouth
1936 - 1947 Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh, SCD, LLD, FRS
1934 - 1936 Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, KG, KT, GCSI, GCIE
1923 - 1934 Stanley Owen Buckmaster, 1st Viscount Buckmaster, GCVO
1907 - 1922 Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, Marquess of Crewe, KG, DCL
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Rectors and Presidents

Professor Alice Gast became the sixteenth head of Imperial on 1 September 2014. New leadership arrangements marked the transition to a leadership model that separated the previous responsibilities held by the Rector and created the positions of President and Provost.
President Professor Gast leads the College’s strategy and its links to government, industry, philanthropists and alumni. Read more about Professor Gast.


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  2022 -   Professor Hugh Brady
 2014 – 2022  Professor Alice P. Gast
 2010 – 2014  Sir Keith O'Nions
 2008 – 2009  Sir Roy Anderson
 2001 – 2008  Sir Richard Sykes
 1993 – 2000  The Lord Oxburgh
 1985 – 1993  Sir Eric A. Ash
 1973 – 1985  The Rt Hon. Lord Flowers
 1967 – 1973  The Rt Hon. Lord Penney
 1966 – 1967  Sir Owen Saunders
 1954 – 1966  Sir Patrick Linstead
 1948 – 1954  Sir Roderic M. Hill
 1942 – 1948  Sir Richard Southwell
 1929 – 1942  Sir Henry T. Tizard
 1922 – 1929  Sir Thomas H. Holland
 1910 – 1922  Sir Alfred Keogh
 1908 – 1910  Henry T. Bovey
Rectors and Presidents of Imperial