SNC-Lavalin names former top federal bureaucrat Kevin Lynch as company chairman

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SNC-Lavalin names former top federal bureaucrat Kevin Lynch as company chairman

The Canadian Press Published Tuesday, December 19, 2017 10:40AM EST

SNC-Lavalin has selected former top federal bureaucrat Kevin Lynch as its new chairman. The Montreal-based engineering and construction firm (TSX:SNC) says Lynch will take over on Jan. 1, replacing Lawrence Stevenson who is retiring. (THE CANADIAN PRESS / CNW Group / SNC-Lavalin / Matthew Plexman)

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MONTREAL -- SNC-Lavalin has selected former top federal bureaucrat Kevin Lynch as its new chairman.

The Montreal-based engineering and construction firm (TSX:SNC) says Lynch will take over on Jan. 1, replacing Lawrence Stevenson who is retiring.

Lynch was elected a company director and appointed vice-chairman last May.

He has been vice-chairman of BMO Financial Group since 2010. Prior to that he was clerk of the Privy Council, secretary to cabinet and head of the federal public service.

Stevenson joined SNC-Lavalin's board of directors in 1999 and was appointed chairman in March 2015.