Officers of the Society are drawn from the Membership. The Main Committee comprises a President, Secretary and Treasurer, who have a three year term of office. The Secretary and Treasurer may seek re-election for a second term of three years. The main committee also includes the editors of the Journal, Special Publications and Newsletter, as well as the Membership Secretary, Webmaster, Publicity Officer and Archivist. They are elected for a two year term of office and are eligible to stand for a second term. At each main committee meeting a representative of each specialist group must be present. Group Representative positions are normally held for two years.

The first committee meeting was held in 1971 (Leslie Moore as Chairman and Bernard Owens as Secretary/Treasurer), and the inaugural meeting took place in association with the Geological Society in Sheffield ('Microfossils and British Stratigraphy') during March of that year.

Information on committee procedures and meetings is available here.

The Main Committee 2010-2011

President: Paul Smith (University of Birmingham)
Secretary: Severyn Kender (British Geological Survey)	Treasurer: Jeremy Young (University College London)	Journal Editor:  Alan Lord (Senckenberg Musuem, Frankfurt)	Special Publications Editor: John Gregory (PetroStrat Ltd & The Natural History Museum)

Special Publications Editor: Mark Williams (University of Leicester)	Publicity Officer: Robert Raine (University of Birmingham)	Membership Secretary: George Swann (University of Nottingham)	Newsletter Editor:  Magali Schweizer (University of Edinburgh)

Webmaster:  Tom Russon (University of Edinburgh)	Archivist: Richard Hodgkinson (The Natural History Museum, London)

x Group Representatives 2009-2010
Foraminifera Group Chair Kate Darling (University of Edinburgh)	Foraminifera Group Secretary Phil Sexton (University of Cardiff)	Microvertebrate Group Chair Paul Smith (University of Birmingham)	Microvertebrate Group Secretary Carine Randon (UPMC, Paris)
Nannofossil Group Chair Karl-Heinz Baumann (Universität Bremen)	Nannofossil Group Secretary Tom Dunkley Jones (Imperial College London)	Ostracod Group Chair Ian Boomer (University of Birmingham)	Ostracod Group Secretary John Whittaker (The Natural History Museum, London)
Palynology Group Chair Fabienne Marret-Davies (University of Liverpool)	Palynology Group Secretary Phil Jardine (University of Birmingham)	Silicofossil Group Chair Taniel Danelian (Université  Lille 1)	Silicofossil Group Secretary Claire Allen (British Antarctic Survey)