The current managers of the Smuts Memorial Fund:
| Nominating Body | Name |
| Archaeology & Anthropology | Professor James Laidlaw (Chair) |
| Council | Dr Yael Navaro |
| Council | Professor Gareth Austin |
| History | Dr Shruti Kapila |
| Economics | Dr Solomos Solomou |
| Earth Sciences & Geography | Dr Emma Mawdsley |
| General Board | Professor Paul Lane |
| General Board | Dr John Allison |
| Law | Dr Stelios Tofaris |
| English | Dr Chana Morgenstern |
| Co-opted by the Managers / Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History | Professor Saul Dubow |