WMG is saddened to announce the death of Dr Duncan Hine, Principal Fellow in our Cyber Security team, who passed away on 30 July. Duncan had been ill for a while, and passed away peacefully at home with his family.

Prior to joining WMG in 2011, Duncan had held a series of senior appointments in the areas of data and cyber security across a range of organisations, including the UK’s Passport and Identity Service and QinetiQ PLC. Earlier in his career he had served as the Group CTO for the Post Office. He played a major role in establishing WMG’s early presence in Cyber Security, and ensuring the further development of our capability in the area following a change in the Professorial leadership of the group in 2013/14. Duncan continued to play an active role in our education and research activities in recent years.