Michael King

Michael King is the Head of Intelligence and Investigations at the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) of World Athletics. The intelligence and investigations work that Michael leads covers the range of integrity threats to international athletics, including doping, competition manipulation, age manipulation, safeguarding, illegal betting, technical cheating and others.

Prior to joining the AIU, Michael played a lead role in establishing and building the Intelligence and Investigations Department of the International Testing Agency, and was responsible for the successful delivery of the anti-doping intelligence and investigations response to the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing and the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris.

Michael’s career began as a counter-terrorism intelligence officer with the Australian Government, where he specialised in joint intelligence operations with local and foreign partners, leading teams that contributed to preventing terrorist attacks in Australia and overseas, including several high-profile prosecution cases.

Michael has also led corporate intelligence and investigations operations, influencing sensitive business decisions and transactions throughout Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East, along with time as a Senior Investigations Manager at Amazon.

Michael’s success across several different industries has been based on his ability to build and enhance relationships across language and cultural barriers, as well as adapting traditional intelligence and investigations approaches to a variety of topics, audiences and situations.