| Chairman of the Board | President of the BIS | |
| Gates W. McGarrah | April 1930 - May 1933 | Gates W. McGarrah |
| Leon Fraser | May 1933 - May 1935 | Leon Fraser |
| Leonardus J.A. Trip | May 1935 - May 1937 | Leonardus J.A. Trip |
| May 1937 - December 1939 | J. Willem Beyen | |
| O.E. Niemeyer | May 1937 - May 1940 | |
| January 1940 - June 1946 | Thomas H. McKittrick | |
| Ernst Weber | December 1942 - November 1945 | |
| Maurice Frère | July 1946 - June 1948 | |
| Maurice Frère | June 1948 - June 1958 | Maurice Frère |
| Marius W. Holtrop | July 1958 - June 1967 | Marius W. Holtrop |
| Jelle Zijlstra | July 1967 - December 1981 | Jelle Zijlstra |
| Fritz Leutwiler | January 1982 - December 1984 | Fritz Leutwiler |
| Jean Godeaux | January 1985 - December 1987 | Jean Godeaux |
| W.F. Duisenberg | January 1988 - December 1990 | W.F. Duisenberg |
| Bengt Dennis | January 1991 - December 1993 | Bengt Dennis |
| W.F. Duisenberg | January 1994 - June 1997 | W.F. Duisenberg |
| Alfons Verplaetse | July 1997 - February 1999 | Alfons Verplaetse |
| Urban Bäckström | March 1999 - February 2002 | Urban Bäckström |
| A.H.E.M. Wellink | March 2002 - February 2006 | A.H.E.M. Wellink* |
| Jean-Pierre Roth | March 2006 - |
* The position of President of the BIS was abolished on 27 June 2005.
Vice-Chairmen of the BIS Board of Directors
| C. Addis and Carl Melchior | April 1930 - May 1932 |
| Alberto Beneduce and | June 1932 - May 1939 |
| Carl Melchior | April 1930 - March 1933 |
| Leonardus J.A. Trip | May 1933 - May 1935 |
| Marquis de Vogüé | May 1935 - May 1939 |
| Alexandre Galopin and | May 1939 - May 1942 |
| Hisaakira Kano | May 1939 - May 1942 |
| O.E. Niemeyer | December 1946 - December 1964 |
| Maurice Frère | January 1965 - August 1970 |
| Henri Deroy | November 1970 - January 1979 |
| L.K. O'Brien | March 1979 - June 1983 |
| Bernard Clappier | July 1983 - November 1985 |
| Gordon Richardson | November 1985 - November 1988 |
| Paolo Baffi | November 1988 - August 1989 |
| Bernard Clappier | August 1989 - November 1991 |
| Gordon Richardson | November 1991 - June 1993 |
| Lamberto Dini | September 1993 - May 1994 |
| Carlo A. Ciampi | July 1994 - May 1996 |
| R. Leigh-Pemberton | June 1996 - June 2003 |
| Hans Tietmeyer | June 2003 - |