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Ben Keneally is an Australian management consultant and politician. He was the Mayor of Botany Bay from 2012 to 2016. His wife is the former NSW Premier and former Senator Kristina Keneally.
Keneally was originally planning to challenge Deirdre Grusovin for Labor preselection in the state seat of Heffron in 2003. However, Labor's affirmative action rules required a female candidate, so he stood down in favour of his wife Kristina. Deobrah Show & Anne Davies, Labor's least likely, The Age, 5 December 2009
Keneally was the Labor candidate for City of Botany Bay's mayoral election during the 2012 local government elections, and was elected as Mayor. Later while he was Mayor, Keneally also began to work as a chief executive of a health care company. In December 2015, he delegated his mayoral duties to deputy mayor Stan Kondilio due to his increased workload at the health care company. He officially continued as Mayor until the council was dissolved and amalgamated to form Bayside Council in September 2016.
In January 2017, Keneally returned to the Boston Consulting Group to be a managing director and partner at its Sydney office. He still holds these positions . Keneally is the Asia-Pacific Healthcare lead for BCG.
The couple has two sons. A daughter died at birth.
Keneally is the nephew of Australian author Thomas Keneally.
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