Tom Farmer
Tom Farmer (Born 10 July 1940) is a Scottish businessman and the founder of Kwik Fit. He is honorary president of the Entrepreneurial Exchange an elite networking group[1]
Background
Education: St Mary's Primary School and Holy Cross Academy, Edinburgh Family Status: Married - 37 years, wife Anne. One daughter (36), One son (35)[2]
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
- 1989 The Scottish Free Enterprise Award from Aims of Industry[3]
