 However, he named for each service a senior managing assistant who was initially called "Intendant des Finances", a title which was later replaced by "Intendant général des Finances" or "Directeur général des Finances" in order to avoid any confusion with the "Intendants des Finances" established in the different regions of France.There were between three and twelve of these senior aids in financial and fiscal matters during the Ancien Régime (six at the end of the 18th century shortly before the Revolution).In the same way, the Controller-General was assisted by four and, later five, "Intendants (généraux) du Commerce".