Ventia Explained

Traded As:
Industry:Services
Founded:2015
Founder:CIMIC Group
Location City:North Sydney
Location Country:Australia
Key People:Dean Banks (Managing Director)
Revenue:$5.2 billion
Revenue Year:2022
Net Income:$420 million
Net Income Year:2022
Num Employees:15,000
Num Employees Year:June 2022
Divisions:Defence
Education
Energy & Electricity
Health
Industrial
Justice
Local Government
Maritime
Mining & Minerals
Oil & Gas
Property
Rail
Road
Social Housing
Telecommunications
Water
Website:www.ventia.com

Ventia is an infrastructure services provider based in Australia and New Zealand that provides a range of services to clients in both the public and private sectors. Ventia was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in North Sydney, Australia. Ventia has secondary corporate offices located in Auckland, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

Ventia's services include facility management, asset management, telecommunications, engineering, environmental management, and more. Ventia has clients including government agencies, utilities, property owners and private companies.

History

In 1987 Thiess Services launched its environmental services business.[1] In 1994, Visionstream was established as a subsidiary of Telstra, to design and build its cable television network.[2] In December 1996 Leighton Contractors purchased Visionstream.[3]

In 2015 CIMIC Group merged its Leighton Contractors Services, Thiess Services and Visionstream divisions to form Ventia. Apollo Global Management took a 50% shareholding in the company.[4] In June 2020, Broadspectrum was purchased from Ferrovial.[5] [6]

In 2021 Ventia was floated on the Australian Securities Exchange and New Zealand Exchange as a dual listed company.[7] [8] CIMIC and Apollo each retained 32.8% shareholdings. In May 2023, both reduced their stakes to 15%.[9]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20230323041116/https://thiess.com/about/our-history/into-the-1980s Into the 1980s
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20221003202728/https://www.ventia.com/who-we-are/our-history Our History
  3. https://www.smh.com.au/business/visionstream-snares-telstra-contract-20070904-gdr0s7.html Visionstream snares Telstra contract
  4. https://www.corrs.com.au/deal/apollo-global-management Apollo Global Management
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20200426230810/https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20191223/pdf/44cvj99tw06jyc.pdf Ventia signs agreement to purchase Broadspectrum
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20200426231047/https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20200423/pdf/44h5lh41nntcw3.pdf Ventia's proposed acquisition of Broadspectrum not opposed
  7. https://announcements.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20211115/pdf/452z8j5y8wdy7g.pdf Update on Ventia IPO
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20230511211108/https://announcements.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20211118/pdf/4533z0rhk6zfgc.pdf Ventia Services Group Limited
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20230511205747/https://www.afr.com/street-talk/apollo-cimic-sell-stake-in-ventia-barrenjoey-jpmorgan-on-trade-20230504-p5d5ju Apollo, CIMIC jettison $300m Ventia block; Barrenjoey, JPM on trade