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==Affiliations==
  
Chairman - [[Scotland Against Drugs]] Campaign
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Chairman - [[Scotland Against Drugs]] Campaign | Chairman of the Trustees of the [[Duke of Edinburgh's Award]] | Non-Executive Director - [[My Travel Group plc]] | Member of the Development Board of the [[Royal College of Surgeons]], Edinburgh | Trustee of the [[Clerk Maxwell Cancer Research Fund]] | President [[Queen Margaret University College Foundation]] | Honorary President of the [[Entrepreneurial Exchange]]
 
 
Chairman of the Trustees of the [[Duke of Edinburgh's Award]]
 
 
 
Non-Executive Director - [[My Travel Group plc]]
 
 
 
Member of the Development Board of the [[Royal College of Surgeons]], Edinburgh
 
 
 
Trustee of the [[Clerk Maxwell Cancer Research Fund]]
 
 
 
President [[Queen Margaret University College Foundation]]
 
 
 
Honorary President of the [[Entrepreneurial Exchange]]
 
 
 
 
  
 
==Honours & Awards==
 
==Honours & Awards==

Revision as of 14:27, 7 March 2009

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Tom Farmer is a Scottish businessman and the founder of Kwik Fit

From the Entrepreneurial Exchange[1]

Born: 10 July 1940

Education: St Mary's Primary School and Holy Cross Academy, Edinburgh

Family Status: Married - 37 years, wife Anne. One daughter (36), One son (35)


Business: Sir Tom is the founder of Kwik-Fit.


Affiliations

Chairman - Scotland Against Drugs Campaign | Chairman of the Trustees of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award | Non-Executive Director - My Travel Group plc | Member of the Development Board of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh | Trustee of the Clerk Maxwell Cancer Research Fund | President Queen Margaret University College Foundation | Honorary President of the Entrepreneurial Exchange

Honours & Awards

2002 Honorary Degree of Doctor of the University College, Queen Margaret Uni.

2000 Recipient of the Golden Plate Award - American Academy of Achievement

1999 Scotland's Elite Leader of the Year Award

1998 The Institute of Management Gold Medal

1997 Knights Bachelor in the Queen's Birthday Honours List

1997 Knight Commander with Star of the Order of St Gregory the Great

1996 Degree of Doctor honoris causa, University of Edinburgh

1996 Entrepreneurial Exchange - Exceptional Achievement Award

1996 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Technology, Glasgow Caledonian University

1996 Clydesdale Bank Corporate Citizenship Award

1996 Officer in de Orde van Orange-Nassau of the Netherlands

1994 Fellow of the Scottish Vocation Education Council

1993 Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration, Napier University

1993 The Knight Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

1990 CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List

1989 Scottish Businessman of the Year

PR and lobbying firms

Notes

  1. See Entrepreneurial Exchange:website
  2. Written Words Samples