Australian Peacekeeping Memorial Project

Commissioner Mick Keelty, APM is a career police officer with more than 30 years experience at local, national and international levels. He is the first Commissioner appointed from within the ranks of the Australian Federal Police (AFP). Since his appointment as AFP Commissioner in April 2001, Commissioner Keelty has led the expansion and transformation of the organisation, with major new responsibilities for Counter Terrorism, Aviation Security and Transnational Crime. He has also overseen the creation of the International Deployment Group - a regional assistance and capacity building initiative - which has already undertaken missions in the Solomon Islands, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and the Middle East.

He is Chair of the Board for the Australian Crime Commission, whose membership includes each of the State and Territory Police Commissioners, the Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, Chair of the Australian Securities & Investment Commission, the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Customs Service and the Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department. Commissioner Keelty also Co-chairs with Japan the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering, which comprises 29 member countries and is affiliated with the Financial Action Taskforce - the international policy-making body on money laundering.

Commissioner Keelty is a member of the Business Government Advisory Group on National Security, a forum for high-level dialogue between business and government on national security, which works closely with bodies such as the Trusted Information Sharing Network for Critical Infrastructure Protection (TISN). As AFP Commissioner, Mr Keelty assumes the role of representative of Interpol in Australia.