engineering and construction founded 1919 founders michael francis kent headquarters st helier jersey key people christian brown ceo revenue 1 657.5 million 2013 1 operating income 115.0 million 2013 1 net income 74.7 million 2013 1 number of employees 14 500 2014 2 parent snc lavalin website www.kentz.com kentz corp. ltd. is an engineering and construction business serving clients primarily in the oil and gas petrochemical and mining and metals sectors . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded by michael francis kent as an electrical contracting business in clonmel in county tipperary in 1919 . 3 the business was taken over by his brother in 1948 and then by his son frank in 1963 . 3 the business which had been renamed mf kent expanded rapidly during the 1970s and 1980s as it upgraded the irish telecommunications network . 3 in 1987 it was acquired by gus kearney its general manager who expanded operations into singapore spain and africa . 3 in 1992 the company made heavy losses on the refurbishment of the museu nacional d art de catalunya and struggled to survive . 4 two years later the malaysian group peremba stepped in and bought a majority stake in the business providing much needed capital . 3 the company changed its name to kentz following the rescue . 4 hugh o donnell was appointed chief executive in 2000 and the company was subsequently listed on the alternative investment market in february 2008 . kentz was transferred to the main market of the london stock exchange in july 2011 . 5 christian brown became chief executive in february 2012 . 6 on 23 june 2014 montreal s snc lavalin group inc. agreed to acquire kentz for about c 2.1 billion 1.95 billion . 7 on 22 august 2014 snc lavalin group announced that it had completed the acquisition of kentz and that kentz had been delisted from the london stock exchange . 8 operations edit kentz has operations in 30 countries around the world including the americas the middle east africa australasia the far east russia and europe . the company s three main business units are 9 specialist engineering procurement and construction services construction technical support services oil and gas see also edit celtworld references edit a b c preliminary results 2013 pdf . kentz corp. ltd. retrieved 24 march 2014 . kentz about us a b c d e troubleshooter . the independent . 9 february 2008 . retrieved 2011 09 17 . a b spain mf kent acts to quell rumours of mechanical and electrical problems on 400m barcelona project . construction news . 2 july 1992 . retrieved 2011 09 17 . kentz to transfer listing pdf . business times . 5 july 2011 . retrieved 2011 09 17 . kentz names new ceo . business and leadership . 20 january 2012 . retrieved 2013 02 26 . snc lavalin to buy u.k. s kentz corp. for 1.95 billion . wall street journal . 23 june 2014 . retrieved 24 june 2014 . snc lavalin completes landmark acquisition of kentz . newswire . 22 august 2014 . retrieved 23 august 2014 . kentz secures 25.5 m refinery deal . the examiner . 23 february 2011 . retrieved 2011 09 17 . external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kentz & oldid 710586510 categories engineering consulting firmscompanies established in 1919companies of irelandsnc lavalin navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 17 march 2016 at 21 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view