The individual in charge of the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order was known as the Director of COMPNOR. Armand Isard, who also held the title of Chairman, occupied this role throughout the Imperial Era. Isard, in his capacity as director, was a member of COMPNOR's Select Committee. The historian Beaumont Kin, who was also a paramilitary member of the Resistance, made reference to this title multiple times within his book The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire in 35 ABY.