Grenville Cross

Who is Grenville Cross?

Ian Grenville Cross, SBS, QC, SC, known as Grenville Cross, was appointed Director of Public Prosecutions of Hong Kong, on 15 October 1997, and held this post for 12 years, until 21 October 2009. He was the first DPP to be appointed after the transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China on 1 July 1997, and the appointment was regarded as a sign that expatriates still had a role to play in government in the post-colonial period. A career prosecutor, Cross was the seventh holder of the post since its creation in 1979, and the longest serving. On 26 June 2011, he was elected the Vice-Chairman of the Senate of the International Association of Prosecutors, of which he is a Senator for Life.