Ralph Tiffin

Ralph Tiffin BSc, FCA, AMIMechE

Principal McLachlan + Tiffin Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors - Principal Consultant, Tiffins.com Ltd

Ralph is principal of McLachlan+Tiffin, chartered accountants and statutory auditors. The practice focuses on audit and also supports clients with advisory work in areas such as introduction of budgeting, project appraisal IFRS, ethics and fraud prevention.

As a consultant, Ralph has a wealth of experience with companies of all sizes in the UK, the EU, Asia and the Middle East. His firm and associated consultancy has many clients in the transport, construction, manufacturing, engineering and retail sectors. Longstanding clients include telecoms, international food companies, manufacturers, ship owning and ship management companies.

With his background in engineering and day to day working with diverse businesses Ralph spends over one half of his time consulting and lecturing on accounting topics, project appraisal and management issues for the energy, telecoms, rail shipping and other sectors.

Ralph contributes to programmes with:

IMechE (The Institution of Mechanical Engineers - the hub for mechanical and process engineering professionals worldwide)

CCH (the leading provider of information services, software and workflow tools for tax, accounting, legal and business professionals)

IOD

ICAEW

ACCA

Ralph was a public member of Network Rail - the UK rail infrastructure company from its inception. He is also a director of Claverhouse, a Dundee based charity that helps unemployed people back into work.

Author of a range of texts on financial management, IFRS project appraisal, accounting and auditing. All are texts aimed at understanding and the practical implementation of techniques for better business management.