| Section Chair | Start | Finish |
| David Thiel (inaugural chair) | 22nd Feb 1985 | 31st Dec 1986 |
| Miles Moody | 1st Jan 1987 | 31st Oct 1987 |
| Mat Darveniza | 1st Nov 1987 | 31st Dec 1990 |
| Neil W. Bergmann | 1st Jan 1990 | 30th Jun 1991 |
| Ross A. Lawson | 1st Jul 1991 | 30th Sep 1992 |
| Robert J. Prandolini | 1st Oct 1992 | 30th Sep 1994 |
| Simon J. Ellis | 1st Oct 1994 | 31st Dec 1996 |
| Mat Darveniza | 1st Jan 1997 | 31st Dec 1997 |
| Mohamed Deriche | 1st Jan 1998 | 31st Dec 2000 |
| Edward W. Palmer | 1st Jan 2001 | 31st Dec 2002 |
| Peter R. Sutton | 1st Jan 2003 | 31st Dec 2003 |
| Renate Sitte | 1st Jan 2004 | 31st May 2005 |
| Tapan K. Saha | 1st Jun 2005 | 31st Dec 2006 |
| Ian V. Clarkson | 1st Jan 2007 | 31st Dec 2008 |
| Abbas Bigdeli | 1st Jan 2009 | … |
| Section Vice Chair | Start | Finish |
| Neil W. Bergmann | 1st Jan 1990 | 31st Dec 1990 |
| S. Sridharan | 1st Jan 1991 | 30th Sep 1991 |
| Robert J. Prandolini | 1st Oct 1991 | 30th Sep 1992 |
| Simon J. Ellis | 1st Oct 1992 | 30th Sep 1994 |
| V. Lakshminarasimhan | 1st Oct 1994 | 30th Sep 1995 |
| Andrew C. West | 1st Oct 1995 | 31st Dec 1996 |
| Andrew C. West | 1st Jan 1998 | 31st Dec 1998 |
| Mohammed Bennamoun | 1st Jan 1999 | 31st Dec 2000 |
| Renate Sitte | 1st Jan 2001 | 31st Dec 2003 |
| Tapan K. Saha | 1st Jan 2004 | 31st May 2005 |
| Ian V. Clarkson | 1st Jan 2006 | 31st Dec 2006 |
| Zhao Yang Dong | 1st Jan 2007 | 31st Dec 2008 |
| Roelof Swanepoel | 13th Jan 2009 | … |
| Treasurer | Start | Finish |
| Malcolm R. Barrett | 1st Dec 1986 | 30th Sep 1993 |
| Edward W. Palmer | 1st Oct 1993 | 30th Sep 1994 |
| Mohammed Bennamoun | 1st Jan 1998 | 31st Dec 1998 |
| Simon J. Ellis | 1st Jan 1999 | 31st Dec 1999 |
| Edward W. Palmer | 1st Jan 2000 | 31st Dec 2000 |
| Peter R. Sutton | 1st Jan 2001 | 31st Dec 2002 |
| Simon J. Ellis | 1st Jan 2003 | 31st Dec 2004 |
| Amoakoh Gyasi-Agyei | 1st Jan 2005 | 31st Dec 2006 |
| Peter R. Sutton | 1st Jan 2007 | 31st Dec 2008 |
| Jasmine Banks | 1st Jan 2009 | … |
| Secretary | Start | Finish |
| Neil W. Bergmann | 1st Dec 1986 | 31st Dec 1989 |
| Mohammad K. Alam | 1st Jan 1990 | 30th Sep 1991 |
| Edward W. Palmer | 1st Oct 1991 | 30th Sep 1992 |
| Andrew C. West | 1st Oct 1992 | 31st Dec 1996 |
| Tapan K. Saha | 1st Jan 1997 | 31st Dec 1997 |
| Renate Sitte | 1st Jan 1998 | 31st Dec 2000 |
| Duncan A. Campbell | 1st Jan 2001 | 31st Dec 2002 |
| Faith Choy | 1st Jan 2003 | 31st Dec 2003 |
| Renate Sitte | 1st Jan 2005 | 1st Jun 2005 |
| Andrew J. Thomas | 1st Jan 2005 | 31st Dec 2006 |
| Abbas Bigdeli | 1st Jan 2007 | 31st Dec 2008 |
| Andrew Thomas | 1st Jan 2009 | ? |
| Bart Sedgwick | ? | … |
While an extensive update of the full Section history is in progress, the old history page can be viewed.
