The Latest Breaking News from Liv Garfield

Severn Trent doubles CEO reward plan to £3.1m despite anger over water pay

Increase to long-term incentive plan means James Jesic could significantly outearn predecessor Liv Garfield

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4

Severn Trent boss to step down after 11 years in top role

Liv Garfield is currently the longest serving female boss in the FTSE 100.

Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2025

Severn Trent chief executive to step down after becoming longest serving female boss in FTSE 100

Liv Garfield is currently the longest serving female boss in London’s blue chip share index, followed by GSK chief executive Dame Emma Walmsley,

The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2025

Sewage-spilling English water firms could be denied ‘top marks’ in rankings

Exclusive: Regulator plans tighter rules to stop polluters from using four-star rating to justify high CEO pay

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2024

Tone deaf utility bosses get usual reward for failure

City Comment: The strong case for nationalising Severn Trent

Evening Standard · Jul 11, 2024

Severn Trent boss paid £3.2m despite firm’s fine for sewage spills in river

Liv Garfield’s pay included a £584,000 bonus despite firm’s £2m fine for spilling 260m litres of sewage into River Trent

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2024

Severn Trent increases payout to shareholders despite its 60,000 sewage spills last year

Final dividend hiked by 9% as MPs write to Ofwat boss urging him to deny water firms’ requests in price review process

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2024

The biggest corporate gaffes of 2023

It's that time of the year again. Here are 15 of the City desk's best corporate gaffes of 2023

Evening Standard · Dec 29, 2023

Severn Trent likely to be allowed to charge customers £60m extra

Water firm tells investors it is on track to claim reward for exceeding its own customer service targets

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2023

Now, water bosses, you must show how capitalism can work for the common good

If there’s a lesson to be learned from the collapse of Thames Water, it is that utility giants have to pioneer a new kind of company

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2023