Duncan J. Fisher is from Leeds, England, where he attended Leeds Grammar School. A gymnast from the age of seven, he was State Champion and a member of the Junior British team before becoming a professional acrobatic performer. After performing in theaters throughout the UK and Europe, he was signed to perform with a circus company in the US and Canada, where he now lives. At 24, Duncan left his performer role to focus on show management. He managed operations for several different circus companies until 2001 when he created Powerplay Productions, a company specializing in producing and directing major outdoor events, concerts and festivals. Among others, he produced the Inventing Flight Festival and in 2003 he was hired by the White House to produce the event for the Independence Day speech of President George W. Bush.

In 2004, Duncan joined the Montreal based equestrian spectacular, Cavalia, as Operations Director and over 10 years was promoted first to Tour Director and then VP of Operations and Executive Producer.

Duncan’s then became VP of Operations for C2 Montreal, where he produced two editions of their world-renowned business conference, winning the BizBash Magazine award for Convention of the Year in 2017.

In 2018, Cirque du Soleil hired Duncan as VP of Touring Show Operations and now as Chief Show Operations Officer, he oversees the entire worldwide portfolio of Cirque du Soleil’s shows.