Media and entertainment group Global has appointed Alex Duncan as its new CTO.
Duncan will take up the role on 1st September 2025 and will join from the British Heart Foundation, where she has worked as CTO since 2022.
At the British Heart Foundation, she has been leading a 350+ strong team, focusing on how AI can enhance the charity’s impact and mission.
Prior to this, she served as CTO of Ambassador Theatre Group and drector of IT at international shopping channel, QVC.
Duncan started her career at lastminute.com as a software engineer and worked her way up to become head of online development.
She will also become a member of the company’s board and report directly to group CEO, Simon Pitts.
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The twice-University of Warwick graduate will oversee Global’s 200-strong technology team, spanning broadcast engineering, commercial and ad tech, cyber security, data infrastructure and analytics and enterprise systems.
“I’m delighted to welcome Alex Duncan as Global’s new chief technology officer,” said Pitts. “This is a critical role at Global, where technology, innovation and building brilliant products is very much in our DNA.
“Alex brings over two decades of deep technical expertise, leadership and a real passion for media. She has led large-scale, transformative projects with great success and knows how to build exciting products, while her recent successful delivery of a significant organisation-wide transformation at the British Heart Foundation has demonstrated both leadership and vision.
“She’s also no stranger to audio, having launched the UK arm of streaming station PulseRadio 25 years ago. We’re very excited to have Alex on board.”
Duncan added: “I’m thrilled to be joining Global at such an exciting time – the company has incredible ambition and technology has driven exciting innovation in both audio and outdoor media.
“This opportunity is a perfect convergence of my early love for radio and my passion for using technology to drive meaningful change.
“I’m really looking forward to working with the brilliant teams at Global when I join them later this year.”