Mutumba D. Kongwa

As the Founder & Global Managing Partner at DataXcelerate Insights, Mutumba spearheads strategic transformations across various industries with a relentless focus on data-driven solutions and sustainable growth. Mutumba leads DataXcelerate’s Strategy & Transformation Practice globally, a role deeply integrated into each practice. As a crucial figure at The Xcelerate Institute, Mutumba plays a pivotal role in guiding our data-informed research efforts, shaping our understanding of global economic, business, and technology trends. Additionally, he contributes to the committee overseeing the development and evaluation of our global partner network, ensuring alignment with our data-driven principles.

Mutumba collaborates with visionary and determined executives to craft strategies, drive organisational metamorphoses, and deliver enduring value. His professional journey has been marked by a trajectory that spans from operational roles to strategic leadership at both board and executive-committee levels, encompassing a wide range of industries. He has also lent his expertise to institutions in the public, private and social sectors. Notably, Mutumba’s most profound sectoral insights have been cultivated in energy, resources, and industrials, where he partners with several of the world’s leading organisations to navigate their multifaceted challenges.

Committed to nurturing the success of young and talented individuals – particularly in this era of accelerated technological progress – Mutumba leads DataXcelerate’s research initiatives. He is at the forefront of developing a minimum data standards framework and driving research on intelligent data and the net-zero challenge in the 21st century. Mutumba’s perspectives have found resonance in influential publications, including the DataXcelerate Quarterly, Xcelerate Business Review, and The Quantum Times, among other leading publications.

Based in London, Mutumba previously held the position of Managing Director at a consultancy firm specialising in Predictive Data and Analytics. His academic journey encompassed studies in Finance and Economics, Technology and Business, and holds an international degree in Business Science. Further enriching his profile, Mutumba is a certified PRINCE2 Practitioner accredited by APMG, underpinning his capacity to drive innovation and transformation.