Board of Management

BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

TRAN TRONG KIEN

Group CEO

Tran Trong Kien has been a pioneer in many adventure tours in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. He ran local tours to fund his medical studies before establishing Buffalo Tours in 1994. After 30 years of passion, effort, discipline, and vision, Kien has led his business to become Thien Minh Group – one of the leading travel and hospitality groups in the region, which currently consists of four business lines: Management Destination, Hospitality, Online and Aviation. Kien is also current chairman of Vietnam Tourism Advisory Board (TAB), Hue Tourism Advisory Board (HTAB), Vietnam Tour Guides Association (VTGA), Vietnam Tourism Association (VITA), board member of Vietnam Institute of Directors (VIOD), member of the Private Sector Development Research Board (IV Board) of the Government’s Advisory Council for Administrative Procedure Reform and ex-member of Asia Commercial Bank (ACB), VP Bank, Vinaland and former trustee of Fulbright University Vietnam.

BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

NGUYEN TRUNG CONG

Deputy General Director & Group CIO

Mr. Nguyen Trung Cong, TMG’s Deputy General Director, is in charge of technology and directly manages the Group’s online business. He now runs iVIVU.com Joint Stock Company – Vietnam’s leading online travel agency with a doubling growth rate every year.

Previously, Mr. Nguyen Trung Cong and Group Chairman Tran Trong Kien had developed Buffalo Tours from a Vietnamese enterprise to Asia’s leading destination management company with offices in 11 countries.

Before joining TMG, Mr. Nguyen Trung Cong had more than 20 years of experience in Information Technology, specializing in software product development and enterprise technology. He has worked with major partners in Japan and the US for years.

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CHRISTOPHER FARWELL

Deputy General Director & Group CFO

Chris began his career working in finance at PwC Canada and Australia. He worked for PwC for nine years before joining the finance team of Flight Center Group – one of the world’s leading travel groups.

After two years, he continued to move to Singapore to become Chief Financial Officer of Buffalo Tours brand and was attached to this job for five years.

Chris is now the deputy general director of TMG. He’s also the group CFO and is based in Hanoi.