Background
Kearon was born in Carlisle, England. He was partly raised in Saudi Arabia where his father worked in the oil industry.
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Career
He was introduced to the church when he stayed with an Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) family in California. Two years later, he met Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) missionaries in London and began learning about the church. Kearon has worked in transportation, real estate and related fields.
Kearon delivered his first General Conference address in October 2010.
He spoke of being healed spiritually through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. At the time of his call as a general authority, Kearon was living in Clevedon, which is a town in North Somerset, England.
In 2011, he was appointed as an Assistant Executive Director of the church"s Priesthood and Media Services departments. From August 2012 to August 2015, he served as a counselor in the presidency of the church"s Europe Area, then becoming the area"s president in August 2015.
Membership
He is a member of the church"s First Quorum of the Seventy.
