Michael König

Head of Unit, DG Competition at European Commission

Speaker

Mr. Michael KÖNIG is Head of Unit in the European Commission's Directorate-General for Competition leading one of the units responsible for the implementation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA).

Before taking up this position in DG COMP, Mr König was advisor for platform regulation in DG CNECT and front line negotiator for the Digital Markets Act in the legislative process. He also served several years as Deputy Head of Unit in the European Commission's Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (GROW) where he was primarily responsible for B2B relations regarding online platforms and negotiated the Regulation on fairness in platform-to-business relations (P2B Regulation).

Mr König joined the European Commission in 2001 in the Directorate-General for Competition. His assignments included a position as advisor to Directorate-General's top management and a secondment to the OECD, before he joined the Internal Market Directorate-General in 2008. There he held positions in various policy areas including intellectual property and financial services.

Before joining the Commission, Mr. König worked for several years in the German Competition Authority and an international law firm.

Mr. König graduated in Law and Economics, and holds a PhD degree in Competition Law.