Simon Kennedy was born in Manchester

Manchester

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, United Kingdom

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, in September 1967 and is an English

England

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 sports agent

Sports agent

A sports agent procures and negotiates employment and endorsement contracts for an athlete.In return, the sports agent generally receives between 4 and 10% of the athlete's playing contract, and 10 to 20% of the athlete's endorsement contract, though these figures vary...

 best known for his representation of leading sports figures such as Brian Lara

Brian Lara

Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time...

, Stan Collymore

Stan Collymore

Stanley Victor "Stan" Collymore is an English football pundit and former footballer, who played from 1990 until 2001. He held the British transfer record when he moved from Nottingham Forest to Liverpool for £8.5 million in 1995 and was capped three times at senior level by the England...

, Ian Bishop

Ian Bishop

Ian Raphael Bishop is a former West Indian cricketer who represented his team between 1989 and 1998. He reached 100 test wickets in only 21 Test matches. A powerful fast bowler with a talent for outswing, severe back injuries cut him down in 1991. He rehabilitated strongly and made adjustments to...

and Jimmy White

Jimmy White

James Warren "Jimmy" White MBE is an English professional snooker player. Nicknamed the "Whirlwind" and popularly referred to as the "People's Champion", White is a multiple World Championship finalist renowned for losing each of the six finals he contested.White's extensive list of achievements,...

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An ex RAF

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 Officer and qualified pilot

Aviator

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, he started his sports management career in 1999 and created one of the fastest growing sports agencies in the UK market, Time Management Global Limited. This company was sold to Base Group plc in 2002, whereupon he took the role as Group Director with overall responsibility for the Football Division. The company had clients such as Terry Venables

Terry Venables

Terence Frederick "Terry" Venables , often referred to as "El Tel", is a former football player and manager, as well as being a media pundit. During the 1960s and 70s, he played for various clubs including Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers, and gained two caps for England...

, Glenn Roeder

Glenn Roeder

Glenn Victor Roeder is an English football manager and former player, most recently in charge at Norwich City. As a player, Roeder represented England B on 7 occasions...

, Michael Ricketts

Michael Ricketts

Michael Barrington Ricketts is an English football player who was released by Tranmere Rovers in February 2010. He played as a striker and he has been capped once by England in a friendly against the Netherlands in 2002.-Early career:...

, Steve Sidwell

Steve Sidwell

Steven James "Steve" Sidwell is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fulham in the Premier League. His previous clubs include Arsenal, Reading, Chelsea and Aston Villa.-Arsenal:...

, Gilberto Silva

Gilberto Silva

Gilberto Aparecido da Silva, commonly known as Gilberto Silva, is a Brazilian footballer. He currently plays for Grêmio.Gilberto was raised in a poor family and as a child he balanced playing football with various labour jobs. He began his football career in 1997 with América Mineiro, where good...

, Aaron Lennon

Aaron Lennon

Aaron Justin Lennon is an English footballer who plays as a right winger for Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League and the England national team.-Early life:...

 and Magnus Hedman

Magnus Hedman

Magnus Carl Hedman is a Swedish former football goalkeeper. He played 58 matches for the Sweden national football team, and represented his country at two FIFA World Cup and two European Championship tournaments....

. He left the company in December 2004 and later formed a new sports agency called International Artists Limited that continues to represent sporting clients. In 2009 he sold International Artists Limited to Kennedy McKeand Agency LLP http://www.kmallp.com where he is retained as Managing Partner. The company acts for some of the United Kingdom's most exciting young footballing talent including: Victor Anichebe (Everton and Nigeria), Tom Cleverley (Manchester United and England), and Scott Dann (Blackburn Rovers and England U21).

He was educated at Manchester University where he studied Law

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; and Cass Business School, London

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, where he attained an MBA qualification in International Business

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