Deputy Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury (Financial Services) Mable Chan will become Commissioner for Transport from October 11, the Government announced today.
Secretary for the Civil Service Joshua Law said Ms Chan is a seasoned Administrative Officer with proven leadership and management skills.
He said: "I have every confidence she will serve the community with professionalism in her new capacity."
Ms Chan joined the Administrative Service in 1989.
She served in the former City & New Territories Administration, the former Planning, Environment & Lands Branch, the former New Airport Projects Co-ordination Office, the former Chief Secretary's Office, the former Constitutional Affairs Bureau, the former Housing, Planning & Lands Bureau, and the former Education & Manpower Bureau.