Michael Cassidy

Chair

NLA

Michael has had 40 years working in the City with parallel careers in law/finance and as a Council Member at Guildhall.

Planning, then Policy Chairman through 1987-1997, he has subsequently Chaired Barbican Arts Centre and Museum of London. He has just been appointed by the Government to Chair Ebbsfleet Garden City project in Kent.

Latest contributions

Event

Shaping the Square Mile: Michael Cassidy in conversation with Lee Mallett

25 November 2026

Free

02 September 2024

Remembering Nicky Gavron

Michael Cassidy CBE, Chair of NLA, shares his reflections and memories of the late Nicky Gavron - who was named 'Londoner of the Year' by NLA in 2022 - on the sad news of her passing.