Trevor Kennedy AM (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 Consolidated Press Holdings and Qantas. He was a journalist and right-hand man of Kerry Packer[1] and a former business associate of Malcolm Turnbull, former leader of the Australian Parliamentary Liberal Party and the 29th Prime Minister of Australia.
Kennedy was educated at Aquinas College[2] in Perth.
Kennedy was founding editor of The National Times 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).[3]
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]