[citation needed] He then worked as executive director at NSW Department of Housing, and then as Premier Morris Iemma's deputy chief of staff.
[6] 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.
[10] In January 2017, Keneally returned to the Boston Consulting Group to be a managing director and partner at its Sydney office.
Keneally met his future wife Kristina at World Youth Day 1991 in Poland.