ALUMNI: RENE BOSMAN
& DANIEL BRUWER (2022)
VENTURE: FINOVATE
René Bosman has transitioned out of Finovate
FINOVATE GROUP
SOMERSET WEST, SOUTH AFRICA
Finovate is a dynamic financial services and consultancy firm owned and directed by a team of professionals based in Somerset West with offices in the UK. They envisage a world where SME’s drive economies, promote job creation and enhance livelihoods. They believe they make a difference by helping businesses succeed through partnering as their outsourced professional team to help them grow sustainably and navigate their most significant challenges. Finovate’s core skills and services include Advisory, Cloud Accounting, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Fiduciary, Payroll, Recruitment, HR Management, Tax and Business Eco Systems.

RENE BOSMAN
2022 FELLOW
CO-FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR | FINOVATE GROUP
René Bosman loves building a team of professionals who help clients gain better management insights into their businesses, engage with clients to provide strategic direction and use technology to achieve better results. Rene is the Managing Director and co-founder of Finovate Advisory, a firm helping SME owners build and grow their businesses. As a business owner and qualified Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA, CGMA), having also served as financial manager and director for various businesses, Rene has gained valuable experience in assisting businesses in multiple industries to realise their financial and strategic goals. He looks to consistently improve while following through with a real passion for facilitating growth and development.

DANIEL BRUWER
2022 FELLOW
DIRECTOR | FINOVATE GROUP
Daniel Bruwer combines engineering and financial disciplines to connect teams and businesses like few others can. Daniel loves working with people, processes, and operational excellence. He thrives on using analytical skills and his experience in real-life businesses to guide entrepreneurs toward successful ventures. Nothing gives Daniel more joy than working with business owners to execute winning strategies with expertise, people, technology, and operational excellence. Daniel joined Finovate in 2018, contributing a broad strategic and operational management skillset to the benefit of SME clients. From within a multidisciplinary team at Finovate Advisory, Daniel is well-positioned to leverage their diverse skills and experience to provide solutions and services that help business owners break through to new levels. Since Daniel has nearly two decades of personal experience in running successful entrepreneurial businesses, he draws on an intimate knowledge of the operating environment of the South African context to provide relevant and accurate inputs to clients.