Career
He was formerly a Vice President of the
He was nominated to the in 1977. Was a Vice President of the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG). He is Chief of the International Olympic Committee Press Commission, Deputy Chairman of the International Olympic Committee Company-ordination Commission for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Chairman of Olympic Games Knowledge Services and President of the Oceania National Olympic Committees.
He was Inaugural Chairman of the Australian Institute of Sport 1980-1985, and President of the Australian Olympic Committee 1985-1990 and continues to serve on its Executive Board. From 1980 to 1993 Kevan was Chairman and Chief Executive of Shell Australia in Melbourne, and later Head of Shell Asia Pacific operations out of London.
The other positions he has held include being Chief Commissioner of the City of Melbourne and Chairman of the National Australia Day Council. He is a Director of a number of Australian companies including Crown Casino Limited, Visy Industries and Lion Nathan.
His autobiography, An Olympic Life, was published in March 2000.
Several days earlier the media published a story which stated that a young Greek-Australian girl, who at the time was traveling through Greece with a school exchange program, would be the first Australian to run with the Olympic flame. Gosper, who at the time was already in Greece overlooking preparations for the Games, was not aware of this article being published. The idea of her running with the torch had simply been mentioned by the head of her school exchange program who thought it would be a wonderful opportunity if it could be arranged.
More recently he has been accused of being an "apologist for dictators" after his criticism of pro-democracy protesters during the Beijing 2008 torch relay.
Gosper recently suggested that during the Olympic Torch Australian appearance Chinese para-military torch attendants could be called into action if Australian police were unable to cope with potential protests. His remarks prompted a swift rebuke from Australian Attorney-General Robert McClelland.