Cass Business School moved to new premises in the London Borough of Islington, and changed its name as part of a strategy formed by Lord Currie of Marylebone, who had become Dean the year before, to compete as an international business school in a market dominated by US universities. The school had previously been spread out across the City of London's mainly residential Barbican Centre development. Half of the £40 million funding for the new building came from the reserves of City, University of London. The school also received a gift from Sir John Cass's Foundation, founded in 1748 to educate children in
Hilary Cass health. The Royal College of Nursing awarded her an honorary fellowship in 2015. Hilary Cass Hilary Dawn Cass is a British medical doctor and a consultant in paediatric disability at St Thomas' Hospital, London. She was the President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health from 2012−2015. She was educated at the City of London School for Girls. She studied at the Royal Free hospital medical school, graduating with a degree in medicine. From 1994 to 2009 she was a consultant in paediatric disability at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). She left after raising concerns about patient safety