Trevor Kennedy (born Trevor John Kennedy; born in Perth, Western Australia, on 24 June 1942; died November 2021) was an Australian businessman and company director. He served on the board of directors of many Australian companies, including

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and

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. He was a journalist and right-hand man of

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and a former business associate of

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, former leader of the Australian Parliamentary

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and the 29th Prime Minister of Australia.

Education

Kennedy was educated at Aquinas College in

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Business career

Kennedy was founding editor of

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newspaper (1972–73). In 1997 he was appointed Chairman of AWA Ltd. He served as editor in chief of Australian Consolidated Press Holdings Ltd. (1981–86) and then as managing director of Consolidated Press Holdings (1986–91). He was a member of the Australian Federal Government's Remuneration Tribunal (1995-2000). During his career he also served as chairman of Oil Search Limited, Commsoft Group Limited, and Cypress Lakes Group Limited, and as a director of both public and private companies, including Qantas Superannuation Limited, Downer EDI Limited, FTR Holdings Limited, and RG Capital Radio Limited. In 1983 Kennedy was appointed to be a Member in the Ordinary Division of the Order of Australia (AM).

Later events

In 2003 Kennedy resigned from his position as director of seven public companies (including Qantas)."A newspaper man's tale of dazzling business heights"
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told Swiss investigators that he, Kennedy and the politician

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were secret owners of a $27 million stake in the Offset Alpine Printing company. Kennedy died in November 2021.

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Education

Business career

Later events

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