Chief Guide
In the Guide Movement, a Chief Guide is the uniformed head of a national Guiding organisation. Olave Baden-Powell, wife of Robert Baden Powell became the first Chief Guide in 1918.{{cite web | url=http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/xq/asp/sID.905/aID.275/qx/whoweare/article.asp | title=History of Guiding | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109072853/http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/xq/asp/sID.905/aID.275/qx/whoweare/article.asp | archivedate=2009-01-09 }}{{cite web| url=http://www.spanglefish.com/olavebadenpowell |title=Olave, Lady Baden-Powell, G.B.E., World Chief Guide}}
World Chief Guide
1930 - 1977 Olave Baden-Powell (only holder of this post)
UK Chief Guides
| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" | Years ! scope="col" | Chief Guide |
| 1910 - 1916 |
| 1916 - 1930
|Olave Baden-Powell |
| 1930 - 1939
|Mrs Percy Birley |
| 1939 - 1942
|Mrs St John Atkinson |
| 1942 - 1949
|Finola, Lady Somers |
| 1949 - 1956 |
| 1956 - 1966 |
| 1966 - 1975 |
| 1975 - 1980
|Sheila Walker |
| 1980 - 1985
|Lady Patience Baden-Powell |
| 1985 - 1990 |
| 1990 - 1995
|Jane Garside |
| 1995 - 1996
|Margaret Wright |
| 1996 - 2001
|Bridget Towle |
| 2001 - 2006
|Jenny Leach |
| 2006 - 2011 |
| 2011 - 2016
|Gill Slocombe |
| 2016 - 2017
|Valerie Le Vaillant{{Cite web|url=https://lesliesguidinghistory.webs.com/|title=Leslie's Guiding History Site|website=Leslie's Guiding History Site|access-date=2019-07-17}} |
| 2018 - 2023
|Amanda Medler |
| 2023 - present
|Tracy Foster |