Farid is an executive in the Accenture Management Consulting and Global Markets practice based out of London. He currently leads the Customer Strategy and Insight specialty for the UK & Ireland and has 10 years of management consulting experience having worked across a range of industries and multiple geographies that span emerging and mature markets. Farid has also been actively involved with the Accenture South Asian Network for several years, currently serving on the executive as the recruiting lead.

Farid holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada. Actively involved in the third sector, Farid has previously served as the first programme manager for the Prime Minister's Council on Social Action in 2008 and is currently a director for the UK registered charity FLAME (Friends of Literacy and Mass Education).