Farooq Nazir has been successful at bringing teams together around complex business challenges for 20+ years. As an international executive and board member, his leadership career has been marked by strong returns on both financial and people investments. After Graduating from University, Farooq worked with PriceWaterHouse and Ernst & Young until he was hired by Unilever, where he embarked on a management career that included executive roles across three continents culminating with management roles for Unilever in the Levant region, and later Canada. 

While at Unilever, Farooq learned from a wide range of business challenges from start-up leadership, to mergers and restructuring, to shutting down an operating business function. After Unilever, Farooq joined Tetley GB in London, and took up board responsibility for the company’s joint venture in Pakistan. Over the years, he has continued to develop a portfolio of board roles, offering his strategic, financial and risk management expertise international companies and family businesses in the region.

Farooq currently coaches Chairmen and CEO’s in the Middle East, Turkey and Pakistan. He has worked as a coach in Insead’s Leadership Development Academy for Ülker Turkey. Most of Farooq’s coaching experience has been with the C-Suite executives. 

Certification

• PCC, International Coach Federation
• Unilever’s Leadership for Growth Programme

Education

• Graduate Diploma in Executive and Organizational Coaching, University of Texas Management School
• Bachelor of Arts in Economics (with Honours), University of Karachi with subsidiary subjects Mathematics and Statistics

Practice Areas

• Business Development
• Business Strategy
• Change Management
• Executive Coaching
• Leadership Development
• Organizational Development
• Strategic Planning