1. Olivia Ruth Garfield was born on 10 September 1975 and is a British businesswoman.
12 Facts About Liv Garfield
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Liv Garfield has served as chief executive of Severn Trent since April 2014.
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Liv Garfield was former chief executive of Openreach, part of BT Group, from 2011 to 2014.
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Liv Garfield was educated at Birklands Belmont School in Birstwith near Harrogate, followed by the co-educational Bootham School, an independent school in York.
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Liv Garfield had an ambition to be a presenter of Blue Peter.
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Liv Garfield read German and French at the all-female New Hall, Cambridge, now Murray Edwards College.
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Liv Garfield then worked at Accenture as a consultant in their communications and high-tech market division for six years.
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Liv Garfield later became BT's director of strategy and regulatory affairs.
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In 2013, Garfield was identified by Fortune Magazine as one of the world's fastest-rising corporate stars.
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Liv Garfield was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to the water industry, while at the same time the aggregate annual spill durations to rivers and streams from Severn Trent's sewer overflows totalled 64 years.
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In 2021, the parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee described some of the evidence Liv Garfield gave before the committee as "disingenuous".
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In May 2018, Liv Garfield was announced as the 2018 winner of the prestigious Veuve Cliquot Business Woman Award.