Director of Audit

The Director of Audit (審計署署長) is a public office in Hong Kong, established to ensure the financial order of the Hong Kong Government and head the Audit Commission of Hong Kong. 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 in Hong Kong SAR The current and 5th Director of Audit is Nelson Lam Chi-yuen, having assumed the role in July 2022. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region#NameTook officeLeft officeName of the office: Director of Audit1Dominic Chan Yin-tat, SBS199720032Benjamin Tang Kwok-bun, GBS 2003 20123David Sun Tak-kei, GBS 2012 20184John Chu Nai-cheung, JP201820225Nelson Lam Chi-yuen, JP2022Incumbent

List of directors in British Hong Kong (pre-1997) British Hong Kong (pre-1997 era)# NameAudit Commission: Directors of Audit to date Took office Left officeName of the office: Auditor General1Adolphus Edward Shelley184418462Lieut-Col William Caine 184618543William Thomas Mercer 185418584William Hepburn Rennie185818705John Gardiner Austin187018796William Henry Marsh, CMG 187918877Frederick Stewart18871889Name of the office: Auditor8Hilgrove Clement Nicolle189019049Hugh Richard Phelips 1904193010Percival Lorimer Collision, OBE1930193811Arnold Pollard 19381948Name of the office: Director of Audit12Percival Henry Jennings, CBE1948195513Frank Ernest Lovell Carter, CBE1955195914William John Dupre Cooper, CBE1959196515Denis George Briton, OBE1965197016Percy Thomas Warr 1970197517Gordon Evershed Lyth, OBE1975198218Norman Bertram Stalker, OBE1982198819Robert Jeffrey Hutt, OBE1988199220Brian George Jenney, OBE1992199521Dominic Chan Yin-tat, SBS 1995 1997

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