Duncan Henry Wilson CBE is the chief executive of Historic England.
[1][2][3][4] He was formerly Chief Executive of Alexandra Palace and Park[1] and the first Director of the Somerset House Trust.
[1] He also oversaw the conversion of the Old Royal Naval College into a tourist destination.
[1] He is a trustee of the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust and the Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College and has been a trustee of the Churches Conservation Trust (2008–2014), the Royal Armouries (2007–2011) and before that a community governor of Corelli College (2004–2007).
[2] Already Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), Wilson was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to heritage.