Kennedy was a research fellow at the London School of Economics from 1993 to 1996, then briefly a consultant at the Centre for Regulated Industries in 1996–1997, before joining the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as a Senior Economist. In 2003 he moved to the World Bank, where he remained until 2006. In 2008 he was appointed as Chief Executive of the Committee on Climate Change.[1] In May 2014 it was announced that he was leaving to take on a new role, and that the committee's chief economist, Adrian Gault, would act as interim chief executive until a substantive appointment had been made. Lord Deben commented that "He is the best kind of civil servant; intellectually robust and technically proficient, bringing sound judgment and careful evaluation to every issue. We owe him a great debt for a job well done." Kennedy commented that he was leaving with a good deal of sadness.[3] In June 2014 he took up a new appointment as first director general for economic development at the Department for International Development.[4]
Private life
In 2001, Kennedy married Philippa Stonebridge, and they have one daughter, two sons and a cat called Blu. In Who's Who he gives his recreations as "kids, classical clarinet, jazz saxophone, literature, Manchester City".[1]
Selected publications
Building a Low-carbon Economy, 2008, with Adair Turner
Meeting Carbon Budgets: the need for a step change, 2009
many articles on energy, infrastructure, and climate change
