Secretaries-General
- 2008 - date J A Beath
- 1993 - 2008 R Portes
- 1979 - 1993 Z A Silberston
- 1977 - 1978 R C Tress
- 1971 - 1976 C F Carter
- 1945 - 1970 E A G Robinson
- 1912 - 1944 J M Keynes
- 1906 - 1911 C J Hamilton
- 1891 – 1905 H R Higgs (Became Royal Economic Society 1902)
- 1890 – 1891 F Y Edgeworth (British Economic Association 1890-1902)