Chamber Past Presidents 

Past Presidents and Chairman at Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry have included a number of key influencers from across the West Midlands' business community.

Current President:

(2009/10) Paul Bassi


Past Presidents:

(2008/09) Bridget Blow
(2007/08) Rod Ackrill
(2006/07) John Crabtree
(2005/06) Simon Topman
(2004/05) Ian Squires
(2003/04) David Grove
(2002/03) John Pratt
(2001/02) John Hart
(2000/01) Lowry Maclean
(1999/00) John Hudson
(1998/99) Roger J Dickens
(1997/98) Richard Ireland
(1996/97) Robert Jordan
(1995/96) John R Hawksley
(1994/95) David H Probert
(1993/94) W George K Carter
(1992/93) John R T Douglas
(1991/92) Gary J Allen
(1990/91) Martin J Kenrick
(1989/90) Tom Garnier
(1988/89) Sir Adrian Cadbury
(1987/88) HJ Musgrove
(1985/86) Francis C Graves
(1984/85) RS Burman
(1983/84) RW Fordham
(1982/83) RGC Messervy
(1981/82) J A Black
(1980/81) A David Owen
(1979/80) JL Brown
(1978/79) Sir Robert Booth
(1977/78) Richard Hale
(1976/77) Alex Laker
(1975/76) Dr DV Atterton
(1974/75) DG Justham
(1973/74) PR Stedeford
(1972/73) Bernard Scott
(1971/72) W RP King
(1970/71) Eric Turner
(1969/70) N I Bond-Williams
(1968/69) Frank Cole
(1967/68) R S King-Farlow
(1966/67) Oscar Hahn
(1965/66) H Eccles-Williams
(1964/65) KSF Corley
(1963/64) L Hargreaves Beare
(1962/63) WE Kenrick
(1961/62) J Gracie
(1960/61) P Middlemas
(1959/60) LGT Farmer
(1958/59) Norman G Lancaster
(1957/58) PRS Bache
(1956/57) J Edward Belliss
(1955/56) Eric M Clayson
(1954/55) J Ivan Yates
(1953/54) CAF Hastilow
(1952/53) AB Waring
(1951/52) Sir Arthur J G Smout
(1950/51) Stephen F Burman
(1949/50) James Leek
(1948/49) Walter F Higgs
(1947/48) Sir Percy H Mills
(1946/47) G Neville Sperryn
(1944/45) Kenneth H Wilson
(1943/44) Arnold H Godfrey
(1940/42) John H Allen
(1939/40) Frank Wain
(1937/38) The Earl of Dudley
(1936/37) G Philip Achurch
(1935/36) Major Francis W Smith
(1934/35) Thomas J Kennedy
(1933/34) Walter L Chance
(1932/33) Peter F Bennett
(1931/32) EW Bache
(1930/31) John Belliss
(1929/30) Walter Barrow
(1928/29) RC Rodgers
(1927/28) George N Guest
(1926/27) Col H J Walduck
(1925/26) Herbert E Parkes
(1924/25) Herbert Lakin-Smith
(1923/24) Gilbert C Vyle
(1922/23) Fritz Hickinbotham
(1919/21) H C Field
(1911/18) H W Sambidge
(1904/10) Joseph S Taylor
(1898/03) F B Goodman
(1895/97) Theodore J Walsh
(1892/94) Robert P Yates
(1890/91) J William Tonks
(1889/90) Henry W Elliot
(1888/89) Ralph Heaton
(1886/87) Henry W Elliot
(1882/86) Charles D Sturge
(1881/82) Samuel Booth
(1878/80) Philip H Muntz
(1875/77) John Skirrow Wright
(1873/74) Ralph Heaton
(1871/72) C S Hawkes
(1869/70) Thomas Lloyd
(1867/68) Alfred Field
(1866/67) John S Wright
(1864/65) William Scholefield MP
(1855/64) Richard Spooner MP
(1831/55) Timothy Smith
(1828/30) Samuel T Galton
(1826/27) William Phipson
(1813/25) Samuel T Galton
(1813/13) Richard Spooner