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10 Facts About Ben Keneally

1.

Ben Keneally was the Mayor of Botany Bay from 2012 to 2016.

2.

Ben Keneally's wife is the former NSW Premier and former Senator Kristina Keneally.

3.

Ben Keneally then worked as executive director at NSW Department of Housing, and then as Premier Morris Iemma's deputy chief of staff.

4.

Ben Keneally then worked for an environmental consultancy before entering politics.

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Ben Keneally was originally planning to challenge Deirdre Grusovin for Labor preselection in the state seat of Heffron in 2003.

6.

Ben Keneally was the Labor candidate for City of Botany Bay's mayoral election during the 2012 local government elections, and was elected as Mayor.

7.

Ben Keneally officially continued as Mayor until the council was dissolved and amalgamated to form Bayside Council in September 2016.

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8.

In January 2017, Ben Keneally returned to the Boston Consulting Group to be a managing director and partner at its Sydney office.

9.

Ben Keneally met his future wife Kristina at World Youth Day 1991 in Poland.

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Ben Keneally moved to Australia in 1994 to be with him, but they returned to the US so Ben could take up a position with the Boston Consulting Group.