The Hon Jeffrey Kennett AC was an Officer in the Royal Australian Regiment, serving at home and overseas.
He was Premier of the State from 1992 to 1999 and Leader of the Opposition 1982-1989 and 1991-1992.
He was a Member of the Victorian Parliament for 23 years.'
Current Work:
Mr Kennett is currently Chairman of Open Windows Software Pty Ltd and CT Management Group Pty Ltd. Mr Kennett is a Director of Amtek Corporation Pty Ltd and a member of the National Co-Design Group.
Mr Kennett is also the Chairman of The Torch, a program assisting incarcerated Indigenous men and women and post their release AND is associated with many other community organisations.
Mr Kennett was the founder of beyondblue: the national depression, anxiety and suicide initiative and was Chairman from 2000-2017. He was also Chairman of Equity Trustees from October 2017 to October 2020 and a Director from 2008 to October 2020.
Mr Kennett is also President of the Hawthorn Football Club, having previously served as President from 2005-2011.
Mr Kennett was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia in 2005.
Jeffrey was totally engaging and very inspiring. We have had a lot of feedback from our clients saying how great he was. ... keep reading MacDonald Johnston
Jeff was terrific. He spoke well and was very gracious with his time after the session.
A wonderful and engaging speaker, Mr Kennett speaks with passion and warmth. Excellent.
Excellent presentation delivered with passion Awesome man, awesome presentation. 10 out of 10. A real professional A most inspiring and informative session. Excellent presentation
Thank you from the team at CRT for joining us at the recent National Conference in Perth. Your presentation inspired much debate and interest amongst our delegates. Our delegates gave you very high marks in our post-Conference survey and we very much appreciate your contribution to the success of our Conference.
Jeff was superb. He was challenging and relevant to our audience. He prepared well for the talk and was charming and generous. He arrived whilst our Global Chairman was giving the opening address and listened, asked questions and made notes. He wove nuggets of information from the previous speaker's talk to enhance the talk.
Great storyteller. Had everyone engaged as soon he started presenting. Was the perfect way to start our event.
Jeff is very easy going and pleasant to work with. He crafted his speech based on our brief and met our expectations. The audience loved both his political commentary and thoughts on wellbeing.
