Farid is an executive management consultant, with stretching years of achievements in Organization Development, Strategic Finance and HR Management. Has won several Global Awards for his contribution and passion in Strategy & HR and a noted speaker and panelist on Business Strategy and other vertical HR subjects in many EMEA & APAC conferences, forums and magazines.

Has a rich career history which spans across several industries including semi-government & the big 4 consulting and fortune companies worldwide including: PwC, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), Emaar Properties, Xpert Learning, IBFI, Proctor & Gamble (P&G) and Compaq.

His indirect work experience during his consulting includes clients such as: Manazel Real Estate, Saudi Investment Company (Banaja), Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD), Abn-Amro, National Bank of Dubai, Siemens, Ducab, Zadco, Visa, Nestle, Alstom, Emirates Airlines, Qatar Petroleum, NPCC, Adco, Gargash Insurance, MMI, UPS, Nissan, KNPC, Boursa Kuwait (Nasdaq), Caltex, EFS, DEWA, Palmon Group, Motorola and Dubai Duty Free.

He is experienced in implementing corporate-wide Change Management strategies and initiatives for fortune 500 companies across the globe, alongside implementing performance management systems based on competency frameworks, and mapping/executing talent management solutions across the board and linking it to total rewards. He has also executed 5 major mergers & acquisitions of companies in the EMEA region, with complete transformation experience. Farid has a bachelor’s degree in management information systems from USA and a master’s degree in organizational psychology. He has also completed his executive management studies in HR Strategy from the ILR School in Cornell University and is a Certified Psychometric Assessor (CPA) Level 1 & 2 Trainer.