Liv Garfield

Liv Garfield

Olivia Garfield speaking at The London Conference on Cyberspace, 2011
Born Olivia Ruth Burgess
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 April 2014-
Predecessor Tony Wray
Successor Incumbent
Spouse(s) Morgan Garfield
Children Two sons

Olivia "Liv" Ruth 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.

Early life

Olivia was raised in Harrogate.[1] Her parents, who were originally from Liverpool, run a project management and engineering business in Harrogate. Her grandfather was the groundsman at Goodison Park.[1] She was educated at Birklands Belmont School (now Belmont Grosvenor) in Birstwith near Harrogate, followed by the co-educational Bootham School, an independent school in York.[2] She had an ambition to be a presenter of Blue Peter. She read German and French (Modern and Medieval Languages) at the all-female New Hall, Cambridge.[1]

Career

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]

BT

In January 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] On 1 April 2011 she was made chief executive of their Openreach division; Openreach had been formed in 2006.[5][6] In that position, she spearheaded and oversaw the £2.5 billion rollout of fibre broadband (BT Infinity service) to two thirds of the UK.[4] On March 2017, BT received the biggest Ofcom fine ever due to inappropriate use of the Deemed Consent to delay Ethernet provision to other providers, which started while she was CEO.[7]

Severn Trent

In April 2014, she became the chief executive of Severn Trent.[8]

In February 2013, she has became a non-executive director at Tesco she stepped down in February 2015

Personal life

Her husband Morgan Garfield (born 22 January 1976), who she met at university when he was at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, runs a property investment fund.[2] She has two sons and a sister and brother. She married in 2002 in North Yorkshire.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Profile - Olivia Garfield: A winning strategy pays off for a woman on her way to the top". Yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Mother-of-two becomes FTSE's youngest female boss". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Telecom star Liv Garfield set for splash landing". Independent.co.uk. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Subscribe to read". Financial Times. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Liv Garfield to become CEO of Severn Trent". Managementtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ "BT fined record £42m for delayed installations". News.sky.com. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Severn Trent’s Liv Garfield vows to keep 'lowest bills' after". Independent.co.uk. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
Business positions
Preceded by
Tony Wray		 Chief Executive of Severn Trent Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Steve Robertson		 Chief Executive of Openreach
April 2011 - February 2014 		Succeeded by
Joe Garner
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