Regional Development Director for the Americas. Michael Costello joined Kentz in 1999 as marketing executive in Saudi Arabia, and spent a number of years there before taking up the role as BD Manager in the Houston office in 2002 where he gained extensive experience of the global reach of Kentz and was involved in securing projects in South America, West Africa, Middle East as well as the Far East and Asia. In 2004, he moved to Qatar and led the growth and development of the Qatar subsidiary for 3 years before returning to Houston as Regional Manager and was involved in the opening of the office in Canada that year. Along with developing the Americas, he has been involved in co-ordinating all sales efforts with Houston-led projects, as well as supporting the development of new strategic areas such as Papua New Guinea, Alaska and Iraq. He graduated in GMIT with an honours degree in business and also holds a first class MBA from the University of Surrey.