UK-born media and leisure firm World has appointed Alex Duncan as its new Chief Know-how Officer.
Duncan will be a part of World efficient September 1, turning into a member of the corporate’s board and reporting on to Group CEO, Simon Pitts.
World claims to be the UK and Europe’s “largest Radio & Out of doors firm”.
The agency is dwelling to outstanding broadcast media manufacturers together with Coronary heart, Capital, LBC, Capital XTRA, Capital Dance, Traditional FM, Clean, Radio X and Gold Radio.
She is going to oversee World’s 200-strong know-how crew, spanning broadcast engineering, business and advert tech, cyber safety, information infrastructure and analytics and enterprise programs.
Duncan joins World from the British Coronary heart Basis, the place she has labored as Chief Know-how Officer since 2022, main a crew of greater than 350 with a concentrate on AI.
Previous to becoming a member of the British Coronary heart Basis Duncan was CTO of Ambassador Theatre Group and beforehand Director of IT at worldwide purchasing channel, QVC.
Simon Pitts, Group CEO at World, stated: “I’m delighted to welcome Alex Duncan as World’s new Chief Know-how Officer.
“It is a vital position at World, the place know-how, innovation and constructing good merchandise could be very a lot in our DNA.
“It is a vital position at World, the place know-how, innovation and constructing good merchandise could be very a lot in our DNA.”
Simon Pitts, World
“Alex brings over twenty years of deep technical experience, management and an actual ardour for media. She has led large-scale, transformative initiatives with nice success and is aware of methods to construct thrilling merchandise.
“Her latest profitable supply of a major organisation-wide transformation on the British Coronary heart Basis has demonstrated each management and imaginative and prescient.
“She’s additionally no stranger to audio, having launched the UK arm of streaming station PulseRadio 25 years in the past. We’re very excited to have Alex on board.”
Commenting on her appointment, Alex Duncan added: “I’m thrilled to be becoming a member of World at such an thrilling time – the corporate has unimaginable ambition and know-how has pushed thrilling innovation in each audio and outside media.
“I’m thrilled to be becoming a member of World at such an thrilling time – the corporate has unimaginable ambition and know-how has pushed thrilling innovation in each audio and outside media.”
ALEX DUNCAN, GLOBAL
“This chance is an ideal convergence of my early love for radio and my ardour for utilizing know-how to drive significant change.
“I’m actually wanting ahead to working with the good groups at World after I be a part of them later this yr.”
Duncan joins World following the appointment of Simon Pitts as CEO again in March 2024.
Pitts joined World after six years at Scotland’s STV, the place he’s credited with launching “a high-growth streaming service”, in keeping with the corporate.Music Enterprise Worldwide
