CHIEF Executive OFFICER and Partner

Bringing more than 20 years of experience in the development of great workplaces, Dr. Farrukh Kidwai joined Great Place to Work^® in the UAE in 2011. In fact, he was a corporate “Operational Excellence” champion with W. L. Gore and Associates, Inc., a global manufacturing firm based in Newark, Delaware, USA, which has

ranked in the top 100 companies in the United States each year since 1984.

Farrukh has been a featured speaker at several professional association conferences, bringing a sense of passion and energy to his speaking engagements. A Six Sigma Master Blackbelt, Farrukh draws upon his more than 20 years of experience to educate others on the business benefits and opportunities that come from increased attention to continuous improvement models such as the "Lean" movement. In addition to his work at Gore and public speaking, Farrukh is on the Advisory Boards of the University of Delaware’s Engineering Technology programme and the Delaware Manufacturing Extension Partnership (DEMEP), a state-wide resource for manufacturing businesses. He has served as Quality Examiner for Dubai Economic Department, Government of Dubai, UAE, and with the American Society of Quality, Delaware, U.S.A.

Prior to joining Gore, Farrukh worked with Citibank N.A. at its Dubai, UAE office, AST Computers, Sharjah Islamic Bank, Noor Islamic Bank, Noor Takaful, and King Fahad Medical City (KFMC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Farrukh lives in Sharjah, UAE, with his wife.