Director of Audit (Hong Kong) explained

The role of the Director of Audit is to ensure the financial order of the Hong Kong Government and heads the Audit Commission. This role is similar to that of Auditors General or auditors in other jurisdictions. The director reports directly to the Chief Executive of Hong Kong.

List of Directors of Audit

The current and 25th Director of Audit is Nelson Lam Chi-yuen, having assumed the role in July 2022.

	Name^[1]	Took office	Left office
Auditors General
1	Adolphus Edward Shelley	1844	1846
2		1846	1854
3		1854	1858
4	William Hepburn Rennie	1858	1870
5	John Gardiner Austin	1870	1879
6	William Henry Marsh, CMG	1879	1887
7	Frederick Stewart, LL.D	1887	1889
Auditors
8	Hilgrove Clement Nicolle	1890	1904
9	Hugh Richard Phelips	1904	1930
10	Percival Lorimer Collision, OBE	1930	1938
11	Arnold Pollard	1938	1948
Directors of Audit
12	Percival Henry Jennings, CBE	1948	1955
13	Frank Ernest Lovell Carter, CBE	1955	1959
14	William John Dupre Cooper, CBE	1959	1965
15	Denis George Briton, OBE	1965	1970
16	Percy Thomas Warr	1970	1975
17	Gordon Evershed Lyth, OBE	1975	1982
18	Norman Bertram Stalker, OBE	1982	1988
19	Robert Jeffrey Hutt, OBE	1988	1992
20	Brian George Jenney, OBE	1992	1995
21	Dominic Chan Yin-tat, SBS	1995	2003
22	Benjamin Tang Kwok-bun, GBS	2003	2012
23	David Sun Tak-kei, GBS	2012	2018
24	John Chu Nai-cheung, JP	2018	2022
25	Nelson Lam Chi-yuen, JP	2022	Incumbent

External links

• Government of HKSAR
• Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government

Notes and References

1. http://www.aud.gov.hk/eng/aboutus/about_history.htm Audit Commission: Directors of Audit to date