Tariq Farid

Mr. Farid was appointed a director in January 2020. Mr. Farid is the founder of Edible Arrangements, LLC, a global franchise organization whose headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia. Edible Arrangements, LLC specializes in fresh fruit arrangements and specialty fruit gift items. Mr. Farid has served as its Chief Executive Officer from March 1999 until July 2018 and then again since Nov 2019. In July 2019, Mr. Farid also founded and is the Chief Executive Officer of Incredible Edibles, LLC., a retail superfood treats and gifting concept featuring hemp extract CBD & other wellness products. Mr. Farid also founded Farids & Co. LLC, a family office aggregator of consumer brands and other strategic investments since November 2018. Mr. Farid has also served as Chief Executive Officer of Naranga, LLC. an industry leading provider of franchise operations software-as-a-service (SaaS), since January 2014. Mr. Farid attended Albertus Magnus College from 1989 until 1991 and completed the Executive Education Program, Executive Education at Harvard Business School in 2015.