Who is A. Kendray from Foundation and Earth and what is their importance?

A. Kendray is the Comporellian who boards the Far Star upon arrival at Comporellon. He first denies the party entrance because Bliss has no identification, but Trevize convinces him to allow them in, intimating that Bliss is a paid female escort of Pelorat and that it would be embarrassing for him if her presence aboard the ship were noted. Kendray seems to agree with the argument and allows the ship through, but later reveals that he knows the Comporellian government wants any gravitation ship such as the Far Star, and that if he felt the men would have decided not to land on the planet had he denied Bliss entry.