Michael Lynch (arts manager)

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Michael Lynch is, since 2002, chief executive of the South Bank Centre, London's pre-eminent collection of venues for music and art on the south bank of the Thames. It includes the Royal Festival Hall, (undergoing major refurbishment in 2005-7), the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Purcell Room and the Hayward Gallery. The centre is adjacent to the National Theatre, the National Film Theatre and the London Eye.

Michael Lynch was previously director of the Sydney Opera House (from 1998). He was formerly General Manager of the Australia Council, the Federal Government’s arts funding and advisory body (1994-98) and had been General Manager of the Sydney Theatre Company (1989-94).