Dave King

Biography

Dave joined the IPO in July 2008, initially as Head of Trade Marks Strategy and Policy, following a broad civil service career encompassing MoD, Home Office, Historic Royal Palaces, HM Treasury, OGCbuyingsolutions and the Office of Fair Trading. He moved back into his core area of expertise, Finance, in 2010 to lead a significant change programme before taking up the role of Deputy Finance Director following a two month secondment in Zambia. With the departure of the Finance Director in November 2013 Dave assumed the role of Head of Finance, and has now taken on the mantle of Acting Finance Director from June 2014.