WHEN it comes to customer service, York man David Gill is the Most Influential Person in Britain.

As the customer liaison manager at CE Electric UK, the region's electricity network distributor, he won the accolade at the first national Customer Experience Awards.

Mr Gill, who lives in the Bishopthorpe Road area of York, was presented with his award by customer experience expert Colin Shaw at The European Conference On Customer Management, which took place at London's Royal Lancaster Hotel.

Judges were impressed with his "outstanding dedication to integrating and improving customer service across every department within the organisation".

More than 1,000 delegates from the world's most influential companies applauded the winners at the awards.

Updated: 10:34 Wednesday, May 24, 2006