Roundhouse welcomes new trustees

The Roundhouse has appointed FLORENCIA KASSAI, NATASHA MANN and KEVIN O’HARE to the board of the Camden performance venue and creative cultural hub.

Kassai is managing partner at private equity firm Inflexion, while Mann is a creative consultant who previously worked as director of diversity and inclusion at Universal Music UK and as managing director at Island Records.

Director of The Royal Ballet, O’Hare was a principal dancer before he retired from performance, and began a traineeship in company management with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has held roles as company manager with Birmingham Royal Ballet and The Royal Ballet, where he was also administrative director before being appointed to his current role.

Mann said The Roundhouse’s “unique position as both an iconic music and arts venue, and also the UK’s leading creative centre for young people, makes it one of the most exciting and crucial organisations to support in the current landscape”

“My career in finance has been built around a strategic and business-focused mindset, which I hope will help strengthen the Roundhouse’s commercial sustainability by ensuring the right, long-term financial structures are in place,” added Kassai.

O’Hare said: “I first went to the Roundhouse in the 70s to see the mime artist Nola Rae and as a young ballet student I was in awe of the scale of the building but also the intimacy of performance that can be created in the space.

“I am also particularly passionate about the education programmes, supporting young people in their journey towards a career in music – either centre stage or in the many varied aspects behind the scenes that make it all possible. I look forward to helping the team continue to grow the amazing work that the Roundhouse does.”