LESI has benefited from the guidance and leadership of numerous individuals through the years.
The following is a list of the past presidents of LESI:
| 1974 |
- |
John Gay |
LES Britain-Ireland |
1998 |
- |
Rodney DeBoos |
LES Australia-New Zealand |
| 1975 |
- |
Marcus Finnegan |
LES USA-Canada |
1999 |
- |
Planton Mandros |
LES USA-Canada |
| 1976 |
- |
Bertil Hedberg |
LES Scandinavia |
2000 |
- |
Heinz Goddar |
LES Germany |
| 1977 |
- |
Mitsuya Okano |
LES Japan |
2001 |
- |
Ed Shalloway |
LES USA-Canada |
| 1978 |
- |
Dudley Smith |
LES USA-Canada |
2002 |
- |
Thierry Sueur |
LES France |
| 1979 |
- |
Jacques Gaudin |
LES France |
2003 |
- |
Mel Jager |
LES USA-Canada |
| 1980 |
- |
John Stonier |
LES Australia-New Zealand |
2004 |
- |
Jonas Gulliksson |
LES Scandinavia |
| 1981 |
- |
Sam Heijn |
LES Benelux |
2005 |
- |
Willy Manfroy |
LES USA-Canada |
| 1982 |
- |
William Poms |
LES USA-Canada |
2006 |
- |
Peter Chrocziel |
LES Germany |
| 1983 |
- |
Henry Hodding |
LES Britain-Ireland |
2007 |
- |
Ron Grudziecki |
LES USA-Canada |
| 1984 |
- |
Fernando Pombo |
LES Spain-Portugal |
2008 |
- |
Chikao Fukuda |
LES Japan |
| 1985 |
- |
Michiko Ariga |
LES Japan |
2009 |
- |
Adam Liberman |
LES Australia-New Zealand |
| 1986 |
- |
Len Mackey |
LES USA-Canada |
2010 |
- |
Patrick O'Reilley |
LES USA-Canada |
| 1987 |
- |
Pierre Hug |
LES Switzerland |
2011 |
- |
Alan Lewis |
LES South Africa |
| 1988 |
- |
Desmond Ryan |
LES Australia-New Zealand |
2012 |
- |
James Malackowski |
LES USA-Canada |
| 1989 |
- |
Kenneth Payne |
LES USA-Canada |
2013 |
- |
Kevin Nachtrab |
LES Benelux |
| 1990 |
- |
Jean-Marc Portier |
LES France |
2014 |
- |
Yvonne Chua |
LES China (HK) |
| 1991 |
- |
Fernando Noetinger |
LES Argentina |
2015 |
- |
Arnaud Michel |
LES France |
| 1992 |
- |
Akira Mifune |
LES Japan |
2016 |
- |
Jim Sobieraj |
LES USA-Canada |
| 1993 |
- |
Larry Evans |
LES USA-Canada |
2017 |
- |
Patricia Bunye |
LES Philippines |
| 1994 |
- |
Oliver Axster |
LES Germany |
2018 |
- |
Peter Hess |
LES Germany |
| 1995 |
- |
Norman Jacobs |
LES USA-Canada |
2019 |
- |
Francois Painchaud |
LES USA/Canada |
| 1996 |
- |
Jeremy Brown |
LES Britain-Ireland |
2020 |
- |
Fiona Nicolson |
LES Britain-Ireland |
| 1997 |
- |
Sam Layton, Jr. |
LES USA-Canada |
2021 |
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Audrey Yap
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LES Singapore
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2022 |
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John Paul
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LES USA-Canada
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