Simon Kennedy
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Simon Kennedy was born in Manchester, United Kingdom, in September 1967 and is an English sports agent best known for his representation of leading sports figures such as Brian Lara[1], Stan Collymore[2], Ian Bishop[citation needed] and Jimmy White[citation needed].
An ex RAF Officer and qualified pilot, 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[3], where upon he took the role as Group Director with overall responsibility for the Football Division. The company had clients such as Terry Venables, Glenn Roeder[4], Michael Ricketts[5], Steve Sidwell, Gilberto Silva, Aaron Lennon and Magnus Hedman. He left the company in December 2004 and later formed a new sports agency called International Artists Limited[citation needed] that continues to represent sporting clients.
He was educated at Manchester University where he studied Law; and Cass Business School, London, where he attained an MBA qualification in International Business.
