The SoD is run by a friendly benevolent dictator for a a fixed tenure of a year at a time. Every summer, at the SoD Garden Party in May Week, the current Chief nominates their replacement. This page maintains a list of past Chief SoDs for historical interest.
Years |
Chief |
|---|---|
2025-2026 |
Iola Budden / Oscar Sigee |
2024-2025 |
Nadia Hussein / Mae Cook |
2023-2024 |
Gemma Stapleton / Katie Stapleton |
2022-2023 |
Elizabeth Vogel / Bolin Dai |
2021-2022 |
Anna Piper-Thompson / Amber de Ruyt |
2020-2021 |
Kit Treadwell |
2019-2020 |
Alice Chernaik |
2018-2019 |
Matthew Latham |
2017-2018 |
Theo Heymann |
2016-2017 |
Leah Ward |
2015-2016 |
Sheanna Patel |
2014-2015 |
Tom Louth |
2013-2014 |
Kit Fowler |
2012-2013 |
Ian Leith |
2011-2012 |
Ian Baker |
2010-2011 |
Edward Louth |
2009-2010 |
Sophie Price |
2008-2009 |
Nick Stenning |
2007-2008 |
Cassie Lloyd Perrin |
2006-2007 |
Stuart Cuthbertson |
2005-2006 |
James Baggaley |
2004-2005 |
Jackie Chan |
2003-2004 |
James Parkinson |
2002-2003 |
Alison Macdonald |
2001-2002 |
Doug Deboys |
2000-2001 |
Ursula Smith |
1999-2000 |
Rob Loxley |
1998-1999 |
Ed Ratzer |
1997-1998 |
Paul Hollingbery |
1996-1997 |
Simon Roe |
1995-1996 |
Charles Dean |
1994-1995 |
Sally Watson |
1993-1994 |
Paul Mylet |
1992-1993 |
Barney Ward |
1991-1992 |
Jenny Cooknell |
1990-1991 |
Richard Guest |
1989-1990 |
Alan Morgan |
1988-1989 |
David Humble p.p. Max Dewar |
1987-1988 |
Maya Campbell / David Humble |
1986-1987 |
Nick McLaughlin |
1985-1986 |
Greg Lane-Serff |
1984-1985 |
Jon Renshaw |
1983-1984 |
Robin Barker |
1982-1983 |
Graham Louth |
1981-1982 |
Roger Hazelden |
1980-1981 |
Stephen Vaughan |
1979-1980 |
Bernie Feehan |
1978-1979 |
John Chalmers |
1977-1978 |
Roger Snow p.p. Andrew Cane |
1976-1977 |
Roger Snow |
1975-1976 |
Tim Whittaker |
1974-1975 |
James Crompton / Chris Coffin (?) |
1973-1974 |
Jules Crompton |
1972-1973 |
Bob Hathaway |
1971-1972 |
Paul Davidson |
1970-1971 |
Martin Wallis |
1969-1970 |
Michael Stafford |
1968-1969 |
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