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Malcolm Farrar Biography

Malcolm Farrar.

Malcolm Farrar - Director, Farrar Business Solutions Ltd

Malcolm has a coaching company, coaching individuals and working with companies on leadership, purpose, vision and values. He is also a non-executive director in the manufacturing sector. 

Earlier, following a degree in Chemistry, he worked for Reckitt Benckiser, Philips and Hawker Siddeley in production, logistics and sales and marketing before his first Managing Director role in a transport lighting company, followed by a worldwide Chief Executive Officer role in the Chloride Group. He joined the Tootal Group as Managing Director of English Sewing, then Chief Executive Officer of Coats Thread Europe followed by a Chief Executive Officer role in Coats Viyella Clothing. For personal reasons, he left the corporate world and bought a company manufacturing reinforced plastics for the transport industry, selling it to the management a few years later. 

Malcolm lives in the Peak District with his wife Judy and has two married sons, four granddaughters and a dog. He is a keen walker, cyclist, skier and occasional marathon runner.