BT's Liv to take Severn Trent top job
Liv Garfield, the BT executive who has led the £2.5 billion roll-out of its fibre broadband network across the UK, is leaving the telecoms company next year to become the new boss of Midlands water giant Severn Trent.
BT Openreach chief executive Ms Garfield, aged 37, will replace Severn Trent boss Tony Wray next spring.
She will be leading a company that supplies 4.2 million customers across the Midlands and parts of Wales.
Liv Garfield said: "It is a huge wrench to leave Openreach but I feel the time is now right to take on a fresh challenge."
BT chief executive Gavin Patterson added: "Liv has made an enormous contribution to BT over the past 12 years and she'll be greatly missed."
Andrew Duff, Severn Trent's chairman, said: "Liv brings experience of managing customer service delivery and complex organisations."
