| 1874-1885 | Gustav Hartmann * | Germany |
| 1995-1892 | Friedrich Buschius * | Germany |
| 1892-1900 | Theodor Lange * | Germany |
| 1900-1912 | Peter Reusch * | Germany |
| 1912-1923 | Arthur Duncker | Germany |
| 1923-1937 | Axel Rinman | Sweden |
| 1937-1954 | Carl Briner | Switzerland |
| 1954-1958 | H.J. Quirino da Fonseca | Portugal |
| 1958-1962 | L. Rostock - Jensen | Denmark |
| 1962-1966 | H. Ph. Rogaar | Netherlands |
| 1966-1970 | Hans Chr. Bugge | Norway |
| 1970-1974 | Alwin Kunzler | Switzerland |
| 1974-1978 | Ake Thorstensson | Sweden |
| 1978-1982 | Walter Rostock | Germany |
| 1982-1985 | Enrico Orlando | Italy |
| 1985-1988 | Anton W. Kamp | Netherlands |
| 1988-1991 | Maurice F.L. Jaques | Canada |
| 1991-1994 | Bo Wahllof | Sweden |
| 1994-1997 | Nicholas Adamantiadis | Greece |
| 1997-2000 | Georg Mehl | Germany |
| 2000-2003 | Richard D. DeSimone | USA |
| 2003-2006 | Patrick de la Morinerie | France |
| 2006-2010 | Deirdre Littlefield | USA |
| * Founding members | ||
