Farmida Bi was born on 2 September 1967 and is a British corporate solicitor and the EMEA Chair of Norton Rose Fulbright, having served as Global Chair in 2022.
12 Facts About Farmida Bi
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Farmida Bi is the United Kingdom's first female chair of a major law firm, and has been named one of Britain's top five most powerful Muslim women.
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Farmida Bi was appointed a CBE in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to Law and charity.
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Farmida Bi came from a traditional, working-class, British Muslim background, where her mother expected her to marry a first cousin and devote the rest of her life to her husband and family.
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Farmida Bi left home to read law at the University of Cambridge, causing a rift between her and her mother and aunt that never fully healed.
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Farmida Bi was appointed Chair of EMEA at Norton Rose Fulbright in 2018, making her the first female chair of a major law firm in the United Kingdom, and she continues in that role.
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Farmida Bi served as the firm's Global Chair in 2022.
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Farmida Bi was a nominated for the British Muslim Awards in 2013,2014 and 2015 for services to finance and accounts, and services to law.
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Farmida Bi was included in the Women Role Model list in 2019.
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Farmida Bi was appointed a CBE in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to Law and charity.
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Farmida Bi is Chair of the Patchwork Foundation and Barbican Centre Trust, and has been trustee of the Muslim Youth Helpline.
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Farmida Bi was appointed an Honorary Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge in June 2022.