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LIV GARFIELD TO LEAVE BT FOR SEVERN TRENT
LIV GARFIELD TO LEAVE BT FOR SEVERN TRENT.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 2241T BT Group PLC 18 November 2013 \n \n\n \nDC13-406 18 November, 2013 \nLIV GARFIELD TO LEAVE BT FOR SEVERN TRENT \nBT today announced that Liv Garfield is to step down as CEO of Openreach during Spring next year. Liv has decided to take up a new challenge as CEO of Severn Trent, the FTSE 100 water company.\n As CEO of Openreach - BT's local access network division - Liv has overseen BT's £2.5bn commercial roll-out of fibre broadband, which is transforming the lives of households and businesses across the country. She played a pivotal role in building the business case for BT's commercial fibre investment in her previous role as BT's Group Strategy Director. \n Liv said: \"It is a huge wrench to leave Openreach but I feel the time is now right to take on a fresh challenge. Our commercial programme to bring fibre broadband to two thirds of UK premises is almost complete, whilst BT's public sector broadband partnerships are making good progress.\n \"I am immensely proud of the thousands of Openreach engineers who serve cities, towns, villages and hamlets across the UK. These dedicated men and women work in challenging conditions underground and up telegraph poles - often battling extreme weather - to keep the UK's critical communications network up and running.\n \"BT has been a terrific employer, giving me lots of room to grow and develop my business skills. It has bee...