Liv Garfield

Liv Garfield
Olivia Garfield speaking at The London Conference on Cyberspace, 2011
Born	Olivia R. Garfield
Nationality	British
Education	Bootham School, York
Alma mater	New Hall, Cambridge
Occupation	Businesswoman
Salary	£1,430,500
Title	Chief Executive of Severn Trent plc
Term	2014-
Predecessor	Tony Wray
Successor	incumbent
Spouse(s)	Morgan Garfield
Children	two sons

Olivia "Liv" R. Garfield (born 10 September 1975) is an English businesswoman. She is the chief executive of Severn Trent, and formerly the chief executive of Openreach, a BT Group business.

Career

Olivia was raised in Harrogate.^[1] Her parents, who were originally from Liverpool, run a project management and engineering business in Harrogate.^[1] She was educated at Birklands Belmont School (now Belmont Grosvenor) in Birstwith near Harrogate, followed by Bootham School in York.^[2] She read German and French at New Hall, Cambridge.^[1]

After graduating, she spent a year working at the British Consulate in Brussels.^[3] She then worked at Accenture as a consultant in their communications and high-tech market division for six years.^[4] In 2003, she joined BT as general manager, running a desk-based sales team.^[4] She later became BT's director of strategy and regulatory affairs.^[4] In 2011 she was made chief executive of their Openreach division.^[5] In that position, she spearheaded and oversaw the £2.5 billion rollout of fibre broadband to two thirds of the UK.^[4] In April 2014, she became the chief executive of Severn Trent.^[6]

Since February 2013, she has been a non-executive director at Tesco.^[4]

Personal life

Her husband Morgan Garfield, who she met at university, runs a property investment fund.^[2] She has two sons and a sister and brother.

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