Daniel Botha nominated for 2025 CFO Awards

Sinenhlanhla Mncwango 25 July 2025

BDO group CFO, Daniel Botha has joined the group of nominees for the 2025 CFO Awards.

Daniel’s efforts as the group CFO of BDO South Africa, has put him in the running for the 2025 CFO Awards – South Africa’s annual “Oscars of Finance”.

Daniel has been at BDO for over two decades, with 15 years in external audit and five years as group CFO. His broader finance career spans leadership roles at ADT, Chubb Security, and Jacaranda 94.2FM.

The 2025 CFO Awards, which recognises exceptional financial leadership and performance, will take place on 11 November at the prestigious Polo Room in Sandton.

Sinenhlanhla Mncwango

Sinenhlanhla Mncwango is the senior writer for CFO South Africa. She grew up in Vryheid, northern KZN; studied journalism at the University of Johannesburg and obtained her honours in 2020. Sinenhlanhla has experience in online and broadcast media. In her spare time she enjoys a good game of cricket, hockey and loves learning different languages.

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