Bertrand de Speville

Bertrand Edouard Doger de Speville (, 16 June 1941 – 29 March 2020) was a Hong Kong government official who served as solicitor general and as the commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).

Biography Born in Durban, South Africa, de Speville was raised in Salisbury (now called Harare), Southern Rhodesia. He moved to England in 1960 to study law at University College London, and was called to the bar in 1964. He spent 10 years as a barrister in private practice followed by three years in the United Kingdom legal service. At the urging of then-Attorney General John Calvert Griffiths, de Speville moved to Hong Kong and joined the civil service in January 1981 as a deputy principal crown counsel. In October 1985 he was promoted to principal crown counsel.

On 10 July 1992, de Speville formally took up the post of solicitor general, succeeding Frank Stock.

After stepping down, de Speville returned to England and established de Speville and Associates, an anti-corruption consultancy, and advised various countries and agencies on strategies for combatting corruption. He was elected as a bencher in 2007.

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