{"id":3202,"date":"2026-01-06T17:20:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dipmf.ae\/en\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=3202"},"modified":"2026-01-06T17:20:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:20:38","slug":"duncan-walker-2","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/www.dipmf.ae\/en\/speaker\/duncan-walker-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Duncan Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Duncan Walker is CEO and Co-founder of Skyports,&nbsp;and leads on both the&nbsp;Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) infrastructure&nbsp;arm, Skyports Infrastructure,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the drone logistics and inspection business Skyports Drone Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duncan&nbsp;formed&nbsp;Skyports&nbsp;in 2018&nbsp;after&nbsp;identifying&nbsp;the need for&nbsp;safe,&nbsp;regulated, vehicle-agnostic landing infrastructure for&nbsp;the&nbsp;emerging AAM industry.&nbsp;The company&nbsp;is founded on the belief&nbsp;that&nbsp;electric aviation has&nbsp;the potential to deliver measurable benefits to people, businesses and the&nbsp;environment, and that&nbsp;Skyports\u2019&nbsp;vertiport infrastructure&nbsp;and drone services capabilities will&nbsp;enable it.&nbsp;Skyports&nbsp;has grown to be the market leader in infrastructure for vertical aviation with operations in the US, UK, Middle&nbsp;East&nbsp;and Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duncan has 20 years of commercial real estate experience. 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