Graham Corfield is chief executive and founder of Aviramp, the Telford manufacturer of step-free aircraft boarding ramps and bridges, whose ramps have gone into service at airports in around 40 countries since 2010, with customers including Delta Air Lines and Frontier Airlines.
This month Aviramp was ranked 102nd in the Financial Times list of the UK’s 150 fastest-growing companies, after its revenue nearly tripled to more than £9.2m between 2022 and 2025.
The company holds the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade and was Highly Commended for International Expansion of the Year at the 2026 Lloyds British Business Excellence Awards on Tuesday, while Graham was named one of The Manufacturer’s Top 100 inspiring leaders in 2025. He tells Business Matters how a call about Colonel Gaddafi’s plane changed his life, how he came within a day of losing his home and what Taylor Swift can teach anyone about determination.
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