| Post: | Director-General |
| Body: | the Australian Secret Intelligence Service |
| Incumbent: | Kerri Hartland |
| Incumbentsince: | 20 February 2023 |
| Appointer: | Governor-General of Australia |
| Inaugural: | Alfred Deakin Brookes |
| Formation: | 1952 |
The Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service is the executive officer of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS), Australia's foreign intelligence agency.
The Director-General of ASIS is directly responsible to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and regularly meets with the Minister to brief them on ASIS activities.[1] The current director is Kerri Hartland.
There have been eleven officially-appointed Directors and Directors-General of ASIS since 1952.
| Tenure | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 1952–1957 | Alfred Brookes | |
| 1957–1960 | Ralph Harry, | |
| 1960–1968 | Major General Sir Walter Cawthorn, | |
| 1968–1975 | Bill Robertson, | |
| 1975–1981 | Ian Kennison, | |
| 1981–1983 | John Ryan, (acting) | |
| 1984–1992 | Brigadier Jim Furner, | |
| 1992–1998 | Rex Stevenson, | |
| 1998–2003 | Allan Taylor, | |
| 2003–2009 | David Irvine, | |
| 2009–2017 | Nick Warner, | |
| 2017–2023 | Major General Paul Symon, | |
| 2023–present | Kerri Hartland |