Tom Farmer
Tom Farmer is a Scottish businessman and the founder of Kwik Fit
From the Entrepreneurial Exchange website:
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.
Present Appointments
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
