Clive Butkow

A hunger for success is an important ingredient, whether you're a company seeking competitive advantage, or an individual building a foundation for personal growth.

Clive Butkow, Managing Executive, Technology in South Africa, has adopted this mantra to develop and grow people and the business.

Butkow's commitment towards helping his clients achieve high performance stems from his background in Utilities where he has worked with various electrical utility organisations as they transformed and restructured to provide a reliable electricity supply at an affordable price to a broader cross-section of the South African population.

Working for a reputable global company focusing on consulting and technology was one of Butkow's early career goals. He achieved this when he joined Accenture 20 years ago, and attributes his own success, and that of the company, to its talented and willing people and their focus on client value.

Butkow has grown both with Accenture, and with the resources industry he serves. He has witnessed Accenture repositioning itself and becoming a leading global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing business. Butkow is a graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand and holds a B.Sc degree in computer science and applied mathematics.

His demanding role doesn't detract from the fact that he enjoys nothing more than spending quality time with his wife and their two boys and two girls. He is also an avid sports fan, and makes time to watch golf, cricket, rugby and soccer. He was a regular goal scorer for one of his university's soccer teams before injury cut short his ability to compete in this contact sport. Now he contents himself with daily exercise and wearing the colours of his favourite English football team, Manchester United.

Being successful doesn't mean Clive's hunger for high performance has been lessened. His continuing goal is to further strengthen Accenture's reputation for excellence.