For the past twenty-years the Council of the Society has been chaired by the following Presidents:
1st NSME- President (1989-1999)
2nd NSME-President (1996- 2003)
3rd NSME-President (2003-2007)
4th NSME-President (2007- 2011)
5th NSME-President (2011 to 2015)
Engr. Dr. E.O.A. Damisa,
BSc, ACSM, MSc, PhD, FNSME
6th President, Nigerian Society of Mining Engineers (NSME) (2015 – till date)