Duncan Duffy is a Chartered Electronics and Electrical Engineer with more than 30 years’ experience of the safe and successful integration of maritime systems.

During his career with Lloyd’s Register (LR), Duncan moved from the Southern UK offshore gas sector to spend eleven years with LR’s South Korea operations team, ending with responsibility for technical, safety and quality standards across service delivery. In 2011, he returned to manage the UK Engineering Systems Product Development team, developing Rules for machinery, electrotechnical and the human element. Subsequently, he led the in-service Classification team for Dry Cargo vessels with responsibility for strategy, policy, and decision making and served as a member of LR’s Classification Executive, the body that oversees global governance of risk in the fleet. 

In 2019, Duncan was appointed as LR’s Global Head of Technology for Electrotechnical Systems in LR’s Marine & Offshore business. Reporting directly to LR’s Global Technical Director and with added responsibilities for digitalisation, he and his team now work to support clients and stakeholders as the marine industry faces new safety, environmental and efficiency challenges related to electrification of ships and the digital transformation of the ocean economy.