Overview

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Roy Masamba joined Safaricom on 1 November 2012 and is currently Director Resources. He is an international Human Resources executive with over 20 years' experience gained working in various countries in Europe, U.S.A., Africa & Middle East. Before joining Safaricom, Roy worked with Vodafone group for three years having joined them in December 2009.

He was Regional HR executive for Central Europe, Africa, Middle East & Asia Pacific before taking up the role of Vice President Human Resources for Verizon Vodafone Enterprise Services. These roles were based in London.


Additionally, Roy has headed the Human Resource function in other multi-national companies. These include, Zain group of companies and British American Tobacco.
Roy started his career as an Electrical Engineer having graduated from University of Zimbabwe with a BSc Hons in Electrical Engineering. Thereafter, he moved into Operations Management and Human Resources.

Roy graduated in 2005 with an MBA in general management from Cranfield School of Management in the United Kingdom.