Clive Butkow

Chief Executive Officer and founder of Kalon Venture Partners (KVP). KVP is a venture capital company investing in digital disruptive technologies. Clive is the former Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Accenture South Africa and has 28 years management consulting experience. During his tenure at Accenture (formerly Arthur Anderson and Anderson Consulting), he played numerous leadership roles including Managing Director of Accenture South Africa’s Technology business as well as Managing Director of Accenture’s Resources and Utilities businesses. In addition to his COO role, during the last 6 years, he led sales for Accenture’s Technology business, cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset which helped grow Accenture into one of the top emerging markets globally.

Clive has deep technology skills from working across multiple industries including Financial Services, Resources, Retail, Automotive and Communications. He has leveraged these technology and business transformation skills and helped drive significant shareholder value for many South African clients.

Since January 2013, he has supported and mentored many technology businesses, assisting them in driving growth.

Clive joined Arthur Anderson in 1985 (now Accenture) after graduating from the University of the Witwatersrand with a B.Sc degree in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics