Trevor Kennedy
Trevor Kennedy
Education
Kennedy was educated at
Business career
Kennedy was founding editor of
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).[3]
Later events
In 2003 Kennedy resigned from his position as director of seven public companies (including Qantas).[4][5][6][7]
In 2005 the stockbroker Rene Rivkin told Swiss investigators that he, Kennedy and the politician Graham Richardson were secret owners of a $27 million stake in the Offset Alpine Printing company.[8]
Kennedy died in November 2021.[9]
Further reading
- Neil Chenoweth, Packer's Lunch: A Rollicking Tale Of Swiss Bank Accounts And Money-Making Adventurers In The Roaring '90s (Allen & Unwin, 2006).
- Trevor Kennedy, Top Guns: Seventeen World Leaders in Politics, Media and Business Tell How They Made It to the Top - and Stayed There. South Melbourne, Sun, 1988.
References
- ^ Robert Milliken, "A newspaper man's tale of dazzling business heights", The Age. 23 November 2003. Retrieved on 30 October 2016.
- ^ Crikey - Famous alumni on Latham's hit list Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Queen's Birthday 1983 Honours, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. S 113, 11 June 1983. Retrieved on 31 October 2016.
- ^ "A newspaper man's tale of dazzling business heights"
- ^ AM - Trevor Kennedy resigns from Qantas board
- ^ "Kennedy takes another hit in ASIC battle"
- ^ "Kennedy fails to halt share inquiry"
- ^ "Graham Richardson agrees to pay ATO", The Age, 24 October 2008. Retrieved on 30 October 2016.
- ^ Clark, Andrew (28 November 2021). "Larger than life media figure Trevor Kennedy dies". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 30 November 2021.