Following is a list of all ANCOLD Past Chairs and the years they served. We thank them for contributing their knowledge and time and for their commitment.
| Term | Name |
| 2021 – 2023 | Michel Raymond |
| 2019 – 2021 | Andrew Reynolds |
| 2017 – 2019 | Shane McGrath |
| 2015 – 2017 | Steven Fox |
| 2012 – 2015 | Ian Landon-Jones |
| 2009 – 2012 | Neil Blaikie |
| 2006 – 2009 | David Stewart |
| 2003 – 2006 | Brian Shannon |
| 2000 – 2003 | Phillip Cummins |
| 1997 – 2000 | Adrian Williams |
| 1994 – 1997 | John Phillips |
| 1991 – 1994 | Peter McKenzie |
| 1988 – 1991 | Mike Fitzpatrick |
| 1985 – 1988 | Ken Webster |
| 1982 – 1985 | Alan Wickham |
| 1979 – 1982 | Bill Mitchell |
| 1976 – 1979 | Bill Moyes |
| 1973 – 1976 | Keith Jack |
| 1970 – 1973 | Milton Speedie |
| 1967 – 1970 | G. T. Colebatch |
| 1964 – 1967 | William Hudson |
| 1961 – 1964 | William Hudson |
| 1948 – 1961 | W. H. R. Nimmo |
| 1947 – 1948 | S. T. Farnsworth |
| 1937 – 1947 | H. H. Dare |
ANCOLD is an incorporated voluntary association of organisations and individual professionals with an interest in dams in Australia.