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The International Fellowship of Evangelical Students was formed in 1947 when representatives from ten national student organizations met at Harvard University in the United States. It is governed by a board and a General Committee

The Society for the Irish Church Missions (ICM) was founded in March 1849, through the work of an English clergyman, Reverend Alexander Dallas. With the help of Miss Fanny Bellingham in Dublin, Dallas was able to send literature and recruit eight Protestant Gospel preachers in October that year to preach. Following his own successful preaching ministry in the west of Ireland in 1847, Dallas received the support of the Bishop of Tuam, Thomas Plunkett, to ordain a clergyman to work on behalf of ICM in Castlekerke, County Galway. In March 1849, The Society for the Irish Church Missions to the Roman Catholics was founded and received the support of over 200 Irish Clergy who signed a resolution of support at the annual gathering of the missionary societies in April 1849.
Source: https://www.irishchurchmissions.ie/new-blog/2019/3/20/origins

The IVF Executive Committee was comprised of the General Secretary, the Prayer Secretary, the Treasurer and the Representative for Women Students of the General Committee.

The IVF General Committee was the governing body of Inter Varsity Fellowship Australia. It was made up of the General Secretary, the Prayer Secretary, the Treasurer, Representative for Women Students, Missionary Secretary, four graduates and representatives from the Universities of Queensland, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Tasmania and Western Australia. The state representatives were the Presidents of the Union or Fellowship in that state.

Francis James was a journalist and publisher. He served in World War 2 with the Royal Air Force, was shot down over France in 1942, and spent time in German POW camps. In 1945 he was invalided out of the RAF and married Joyce Staff. In 1950 he worked for the Sydney Morning Herald, before becoming managing director of 'The Anglican' newspaper in 1952. In 1957 James established the Anglican Press Ltd., which went into receivership in 1960 and was taken over by Australian Consolidated Press. In 1969 he travelled to China and was imprisoned for spying, remaining in prison until 1970 when he was released, thanks to lobbying by his friend Gough Whitlam, who was Australian Prime Minister at the time.