Dr Duncan Hine, Executive Director of Integrity and Security, Identity and Passport Service

Dr Duncan Hine

Duncan joined IPS in mid 2007, prior to this he was the managing director of the security division of QinetiQ PLC, joining from Generics AG where he was a key part of the team that listed the company on the London Exchange. Prior to this he was the Group CTO of The Post Office in the UK. Duncan was the senior non executive director of Northgate PLC for seven years, and combines his role at IPS with a number of other activities including directorships in the health, and security industries, leading a European blue chip innovation network, and a visiting professorship at York University. 

Duncan has overall accountability for security and counter fraud for IPS and manages the co-ordination of risk and integrity for the passport service and the National Identity Scheme.