Ms Ada Chung Lai-ling was appointed as the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data with effect from 4 September 2020.
Ms Chung was qualified as a barrister-at-law and a Certified Public Accountant. She has solid legal expertise and abundant administrative experience. Before her appointment as the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Ms Chung was the Registrar of Companies and had held various posts in the Department of Justice, including Principal Government Counsel and Deputy Law Officer (Civil Law). In her role as the Registrar of Companies, she contributed significantly to the rewrite of the Companies Ordinance and she spearheaded the implementation of the new Companies Ordinance in Hong Kong.