Farrer Consulting is led by Rachel Farrer, PhD, MBA, who brings extensive experience of building strategy and leading complex multi-stakeholder partnerships that create long-term value and return. Her accolades include winning Best use of Tech in a Project at the Women in Tech Awards 2025, and short-listings for the Innovation Awards and Guardian Community Impact Awards.
A champion of cross-sector innovation, Rachel was a driving force behind CWX, the £4.3m Coventry and Warwickshire creative and immersive tech cluster, and was part of the team that secured £7.2m UKRI funding for CreaTech Frontiers, the West Midlands creative technology cluster. She has led projects across culture, enterprise, and community sectors, advancing skills, R&D, IP creation, investment, and audience-focused programmes.
At Farrer Consulting Rachel combines creative vision with commercial acumen, turning ideas into results that build brands, networks, and ecosystems—attracting investment, generating opportunities, and fostering engagement.
Her leadership has included senior university roles and Governor of the University of Bedfordshire, and she is currently Chair of Birmingham Open Media. Alongside this, Rachel maintains a strong research and publishing profile and is a regular international speaker on creativity, innovation, technology, and the strategic value of networks and ecosystems.
