Speaker Profile

Chris Tiffin is the Group Chief Operating Officer of The Royal Group since June 2019, Cambodia’s largest and most diversified conglomerate.

 

Chris was the former Founding CEO of Boost (mobile money) as well as the Regional Head of Digital Financial Services (DFS) at Axiata Digital Services, positions he held since September 2016 until 31 December 2018. 

 

Prior to this he was the Chief Financial Officer of Celcom Axiata Berhad, the second largest telecommunication company with 12million customers, in Malaysia, after originally joining Axiata Group Berhad in August 2012 to set-up e.co, the passive infrastructure Tower company arm of the Group. 

 

He was also the Chief Financial Officer of Safaricom Limited in Kenya (part of the Vodafone Group, and the largest listed company in East Africa), as well as Chief Financial Officer of Celtel Nigeria for a period of 4 years respectively, having started his Mobile Telecommunications career at Vodacom South Africa in 1998. 

 

For many years, Chris has held senior executive positions in various organizations, both within and outside the Telecommunications sector. 

 

He is a qualified Chartered Accountant - CA(SA) member of SAICA (South African Institute of Chartered Accountants) as well as an FCA (Fellow Chartered Accountant) member of ICEAW (Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales).