President
From 1906 to 1946 a chairman was elected from time to time to orchestrate the annual meetings.- 1946 - 1955 Sir Ralph Gore was elected the first President
- 1955 - 1969 Sir Peter Scott
- 1969 - 1986 Beppe Croce
- 1986 - 1994 Peter Tallberg
- 1994 - 2004 Paul Henderson
- 2004 - 2012 Göran Petersson
- 2012 Carlo Croce
Vice President
Vice presidents have been elected since 1955.- 1998 - 2008 David Kellett
- 2004 - 2012 David Irish
- 2004 - 2012 Teresa Lara
- 2004 - 2012 Teo Ping Low
- 2008 - 2012 Alberto Predieri
- 2008 - 2012 Eric Tulla
- 2008 - 2012 Tomasz Holc
- 2008 - Present Nazli Imre
- 2012 - Present Georg Andreadis
- 2012 - Present Chris Atkins
- 2012 - Present Adrienne Greenwood
- 2008 - Present Gary Jobson
- 2008 - Present Qunhai Li
- 2008 - Present Scot Perry
Presidents of Honour
- 1994 - Present HM King Constantine II of Greece
- 1994 - Present HM King Harald V of Norway
- 1958 - 1991 HM King Olav of Norway
Race officials
There are four types of race officials used to conduct sailing events recognised by ISAF as follows:- International Judge
- International Measurer
- International Race Officer
- International Umpire