Michael Lynch

Who is Michael Lynch?

Michael Francis Lynch,CBE, AM is an Australian arts administrator.

He was General Manager of the Sydney Theatre Company 1989-94. He was then General Manager of the Australia Council, the Federal Government's arts funding and advisory body, 1994-98. In 1998 he became director of the Sydney Opera House, and from 2002 to 2009 he was chief executive of the South Bank Centre in London.

Lynch has overseen the successful rehabilitation of the Royal Festival Hall, which was re-opened in October 2007 by The Queen.

Lynch was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 2001 for services to arts administration and in 2008 he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours.

In March 2009, Lynch was appointed a director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He is also a member of the Board of Film Victoria.

On 27 May 2011, Lynch was appointed as CEO of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority by the Hong Kong Government.