The IPG 1962 to today

IPG Honorary Presidents

1963-1970 Sir Stanley Unwin

1970-1974 Sir Compton Mackenzie

1974-1987 Lord Darwen

1987-1994 Lord Howie

1994-2007 Tim Rix CBE

2007-2014 Sonny Leong CBE

2014-2023 Jonathan Harris

2023- Oliver Gadsby

IPG Chairs

1962-1963 Donald Johnson

1963-1966 Lord Darwen

1966-1968 Charles Skilton

1968-1970 Donald Johnson

1970-1971 Edward Addison

1971-1972 Bruce Alsopp

1972-1975 J. Garnet Miller

1975-1977 Philip Kogan

1977-1979 Ian Grant

1979-1982 Frances Pinter

1982-1984 Graham Sadd

1984-1986 Peter Newman

1986-1988 Phoebe Phillips

1988-1990 Martin Marix-Evans

1990-1992 Jessica Kingsley

1992-1994 David Fulton

1994-1995 Martin Woodhead

1995-1996 Paul Chapman

1996-1997 Gerald Jenkins

1997-1998 Martin Sheppard

1998-1999 John Skelton

1999-2000 Adrian Brink

2000-2001 Nicholas Brealey

2001-2002 Caroline Jarrold

2002-2003 Edward Milford

2003-2004 Richard Harden

2004-2006 Sonny Leong CBE

2006-2008 Timothy Wright

2008-2009 Will Atkinson

2009-2011 Andrew Johnston

2011-2013 Robin Wood

2013-2014 Jim Smith

2014-2016 Oliver Gadsby

2016-2017 Caroline De La Bedoyere

2017-2019 James Woollam

2019-2021 Martin Casimir

2021-2022 Amanda Ridout

2022-2023 Phil Turner

2023-2024 David Graham

Chief Executive

2013- Bridget Shine

Secretaries/Executive Directors

1962-1968 Amicia Melland

1968-1970 Barbara Brown

1970-1975 Joan Whitehouse

1975-1977 Pat Sheldon

1977-1979 Patsy Irwin

1979-1990 Rosemary Pettit

1990-1998 Yvonne Messenger

1998-2004 Sheila Bounford

2004-2013 Bridget Shine

IPG Treasurers

1963-1965 J. Garnet Miller

1965-1966 Charles Skilton

1966-1968 J. Garnet Miller

1968-1977 Victor Andrews

1977-1982 Anthony Werner

1982-1988 Peter Groves

1988-1995 Terry Fruin

1995-2012 Alan Finlay

2012-2022 Terry Fisher

The IPG became a charity in 2022 and subsequently finances were managed by a Head of Finance

2023- Heather Morison