This is a listing of all the commissioners and club presidents of the VFL/AFL. An independent VFL Commission was formed in 1985, being renamed the AFL Commission in 1990 in line with the competition. In 1993, the AFL Commission was given the power to make most administrative decisions relating to the league unilaterally, with the AFL Board of Directors voting itself out of existence. In 1995, the AFL Commission would also assume control of the administration of Australian rules football when it absorbed the ANFC. A separate role of AFL Chairman was created in 1993 (see below). VFL President (1897–1985), VFL/AFL Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (since 1985) AFL Chairman (since 1993) Club Presidents Adelaide Bob Hammond (1991-2000) Bob Campbell (2001-2003) Bill Sanders (2004–2008) Rob Chapman (2009–2020) John Olsen (2021–present) Brisbane Bears/Lions Paul Cronin (1987–1990) Noel Gordon (1990–1999) Alan Piper (1999–2000) Graeme Downie (2000–2006) Tony Kelly (2006–2010) Angus Johnson (2010–2013) Bob Sharpless (2013–2017) Andrew Wellington (2017–present) Carlton Robert McFarland (1864–1865) James Linacre (1865) George Coppin (1866–1872) John Walls (1873) Robert Robertson (1874–1885) Arthur Gillespie (1886–1894) Frederick Bromley (1895) A. H. Shaw (1896–1901) Robert Heatley (1901–1904) H. B. Higgins (1904–1905) W. F. Evans (1905–1907) J. Urquhart (1907–1910) J. McInerney (1910–1912) D. Bell (1912–1914) Jack Gardiner (1914–1925) D. Young (1925–1928) Dave Crone (1929–1938) Sir Kenneth Luke (1938–1956) Horrie Clover (1956–1958) L. J. M. Holmes (1958–1965) George Harris (1965–1975, 1978–1980) Ivan Rohrt (1975–1978) Ian Rice (1980–1983) John Elliott (1983–2002) Ian Collins (2002–2006) Graham Smorgon (2006–2007) Stephen Kernahan (2007) Richard Pratt (2007–2008) Stephen Kernahan (2008–2014) Mark LoGiudice (2014–2021) Luke Sayers (2021–present) Collingwood William Beazley (1892–1911) Alfred Cross (1912) Jim Sharp (1913–1923) Harry Curtis (1924–1950) Syd Coventry (1950–1962) Tom Sherrin (1963–1974) Ern Clarke (1975–1976) John Hickey (1977–1981) Ranald Macdonald (1982–1986) Allan McAllister (1986–1995) Kevin Rose (1996–1998) Eddie McGuire (1998–2021) Mark Korda (2021) Jeff Browne (2021-present) Essendon Robert McCracken (1877–1885) James Robertson (1886) Alexander McCracken (1887–1903) W. Kent-Hughes (1904–1907) A. L. Crichton (1908–1919) W. Raper (1920–1925) A. F. McGowan (1926–1929) F. F. Campbell (1930–1934) A. F. Showers (1935–1940) N. H. Mirams (1940) W. R. Crichton (1941–1959) W. G. Brew (1959–1968) Allan Hird Snr (1969–1975) Colin Stubbs (1976–1980) Greg Sewell (1981–1987) Ron Evans (1988–1992) David Shaw (1992–1996) Graeme McMahon (1996–2003) Neil McKissock (2003–2006) Ray Horsburgh (2006–2009) David Evans (2009–2013) Paul Little (2013–2015) Lindsay Tanner (2015–2020) Paul Brasher (2020 – 2022) David Barham (2022 - present) Fitzroy John McMahon (1884–1887) Robert Best (1887–1910) Don Chandler (1910–1930) Bill Hannah (1930–1932) Alec