Duncan is a qualified town planner who joined Tower Hamlets in 2008 and led on the planning advice for the award winning Ocean housing regeneration scheme in Stepney. He has previously advised on some of London’s largest regeneration projects at Arsenal Football Club’s redevelopment in Islington and the Woodberry Down scheme in Hackney. At Tower Hamlets, Duncan played a key role in the planning of Blackwall Reach regeneration and the Olympic legacy masterplan. More recently he project managed the production of the Whitechapel Vision masterplan SPD towards its successful adoption in December 2013.