Director of Audit

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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 auditor generals or auditors in other jurisdictions. The director reports directly to the Chief Executive of Hong Kong.

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[edit] List of Directors of Audit

[edit] Auditors General

  • Adolphus Edward Shelley (1844-1846)
  • Lieutenant Colonel William Caine (1846-1854)
  • William Thomas Mercer (1854-1858)
  • William Hepburn Rennie (1858-1870)
  • John Gardiner Austin (1870-1879)
  • William Henry Marsh, CMG (1879-1887)
  • Frederick Stewart, LL.D (1887-1890)

[edit] Auditors

  • Hilgrove Clement Nicolle (1890-1904)
  • Hugh Richard Phelips (1904-1930)
  • Percival Lorimer Collisson, OBE (1930-1938)
  • Arnold Pollard (1938-1948)

[edit] Directors of Audit

  • Percival Henry Jennings, CBE (1948-1955)
  • Frank Ernest Lovell Carter, CBE (1955-1959)
  • William John Dupre Cooper, CBE (1959-1965)
  • Denis George Briton, OBE (1965-1970)
  • Percy Thomas Warr (1970-1975)
  • Gordon Evershed Lyth, OBE (1975-1982)
  • Norman Bertram Stalker, OBE (1982-1988)
  • Robert Jeffrey Hutt, OBE (1988-1992)
  • Brian George Jenney, OBE (1992-1995)
  • Dominic Chan Yin-tat, SBS JP (1995-2003)
  • Benjamin Tang Kwok-bun, JP (2003-present)

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