Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service


The Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service is the executive officer of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, Australia's foreign intelligence agency.
The Director-General of ASIS is directly responsible to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and regularly meets with the Minister to brief them on ASIS activities. The current Director is Paul Symon AO.

List of Directors-General

There have been eleven officially-appointed Directors and Directors-General of ASIS since 1952.
TenureName
1952–1957Alfred Brookes
1957–1960Ralph Harry,
1960–1968Major General Sir Walter Cawthorn,
1968–1975Bill Robertson,
1975–1981Ian Kennison,
1981–1983John Ryan,
1984–1992Brigadier Jim Furner,
1992–1998Rex Stevenson,
1998–2003Allan Taylor,
2003–2009David Irvine,
2009–2017Nick Warner,
2017–presentMajor General Paul Symon,