Clive Govender

CEO & Founder CGC Consulting

Clive is a global executive with over 20 years’ experience in international procurement and supply chain, strategy 
& sustainability.
Clive has worked in mining, industrial and automotive industries and has gain extensive experience in strategy
formulation and implementation, Procurement/ supply chain, supplier diversity, sustainable development and
technology/ innovation.
A successful business leader who has turned entrepreneur at the beginning of 2016 and has started up a 
boutique Procurement & Supply Chain consulting firm, CGC Consulting. Clive has also Co- Founded Black 
Umbrellas CGC Consulting (BUCGC) a business involved in the design and implementation of supplier diversity
programs for corporates with a key focus on SME development.
He is also the CEO & Founder of Adapt Digital Solutions, a technology business focused developing supply chain 
solutions linking SMME’s to mining and energy companies supply chains. Adapt Digital Solutions has a strategic
business partnership with technology leader, Accenture. The joint organization uses cloud based platforms, 
artificial intelligence and other digital technology to reduce costs and streamline supply chain processes within
the global mining & energy sectors.
Clive’s’ last role before moving into entrepreneurship was as Group Head of Supply Chain (Chief Procurement 
Officer) for Anglo American Platinum from 2005-2015, part of Anglo American Group. He was also responsible 
in assisting in the restructuring of Anglo Americans’ procurement &supply chain to a world class, center- led 
organizational structure and delivered over 1.5BUSD of benefits from 2008 – 2012. 
Clive has also work for ABB as General Manager- Group process and thereafter Vice President Supply Chain & 
Sustainability for Sub- Sahara Africa for a period of 9 years.
Clive is an expert advisor to Procurement 50, a division of the World 50 group. An invite only forum for Global 
Chief Procurement Officers (CPO’s) on the subject of procurement/ supply chain & supplier diversity.
He is the former member of the International Alumni Council of London business School and is currently 
President of the South African charter of London Business School. He is a sought after international speaker on 
the subject of supplier diversity, procurement, supply chain & digital technology . 
He has been the architect of the Mining 2050 Program at the premier Mining Indaba, Cape Town with its 
inaugural launch in 2018. The Mining 2050 Program has been renamed Technology & Innovation Hub and chairs 
this stream of the conference.
Clive is a board advisory member of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa, Mining 
Cluster Industry advisory board. Advising the organization in driving industrialization through mining innovation.
Clive has a BSc (Hons), BCom, MBA (Henley UK), Senior Executive Program (London Business School) and 
currently reading for his PHD in entrepreneurship and supply chain.
Clive is also a guest lectures at London Business School, UK, and University of Cape Town Graduate School of 
Business on the EMBA program