Michael Duncan
Michael Duncan
Head of Giving Strategy and Programmes, NatWest Group
About Michael Duncan
Michael heads up NatWest Group’s global community investment and giving strategy and is a member of the bank’s Group Sustainability Leadership Team. He is passionate about driving positive societal outcomes through the bank’s activities and supporting colleagues and customers to give back to the causes they care about.
He has spent most of his career at NatWest Group with roles in retail banking, internal audit, management support to the CEO and establishing the programme office to manage change in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.
He has also worked in local government finance, for a children’s charity, and spent time teaching in Zimbabwe. He has a Finance degree from Loughborough University Business School, is a Certificated Member of the Chartered Banker Institute and has served as a trustee on the board of several charities.
Michael Duncan has served on Business in the Community’s Scotland Leadership Board since December 2025.
Scotland Leadership Board Member
Each of Business in the Community’s leadership boards are led by groups of senior executives who provide strategic guidance and support us in achieving our social and environmental objectives, nationally and locally. By joining a national or regional leadership board, senior professionals can influence the local debate, shape the agenda for action and work with other leaders to identify the unique ways in which business can help innovate and create more sustainable livelihoods and prosperous communities across the UK.