Liv Garfield, CEO, Severn Trent has been announced as the winner of the 2018 Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award.
As the recipient of the longest-standing award for women in business globally, Severn Trent’s chief follows in the footsteps of some of the most outstanding female business leaders - from Anita Roddick, Founder of the Body Shop to leading architect Dame Zaha Hadid CBE.
Since 1972, the awards have honoured women impacting different aspects of business today.
Liv Garfield is the FTSE 100’s youngest ever female CEO, heading up Severn Trent, the Midlands-based water utilities company which serves more than 8m people.
The judging panel outlined her strong customer-focused approach and business acumen as two reasons as to why she won the award, commenting:
“Since taking the role in 2014, Liv has shepherded strong growth for the water company. Not only is it strongly outperforming the rest of the sector, she has also helped forge a customer-focused culture in the company, reflected in its outperforming challenging targets set by customers themselves. However, it was this commitment to customers combined with a responsible business that made her stand out.”
Liv Garfield commented:
“This is an incredible honour, not only because I remember taking a huge amount of inspiration from some of the previous winners of this award but also because of the awesome story of Madame Clicquot herself, who was a strong role model at a time when women in business were almost unheard of. I truly am delighted but also a little humbled – I know I wouldn’t have been able to win this award without the help and support of absolutely everyone at Severn Trent who works to keep customers’ water flowing every second of every day, so this is as much a win for them as it is for me.”
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