title: Director of Audit (Hong Kong)
text: # Director of Audit (Hong Kong)
  
  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 | Took office | Left office |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Auditors General ||||
  | 1 | Adolphus Edward Shelley | 1844 | 1846 |
  | 2 | Lieut-Col William Caine | 1846 | 1854 |
  | 3 | William Thomas Mercer | 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 |
  