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Sanctuary Advisory Services
Supporting business owners with clear, practical guidance that helps everything work together.
Our story
Sanctuary Advisory Services was created to support small and medium sized businesses that rely on many moving parts but often lack clear, practical guidance. Most use a mix of systems, apps, suppliers, and tools, yet no single provider sees the whole picture.
IT manages core systems. Accountants handle finance tools. Web firms look after the site. Staff adopt their own apps. Cloud platforms run quietly in the background. A booking tool here, a payroll system there, each part seems small, but together they shape how the business runs.
This leaves the business owner trying to hold everything together, keeping track of decisions that do not fit neatly with any one provider. It takes time away from the business and often leads to gaps no one intended.
Sanctuary was created to bridge that gap. The focus is on clarity, structure, and steady guidance that help business owners understand how everything fits together, choose the steps that matter, and stay ahead as things change.

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David Bruem brings more than 30 years of experience with global organisations such as Novell, Concur Technologies, and Deloitte. He has worked across 120 countries and has led transformation work that strengthened how businesses operate and make decisions.
His qualifications, including CRISC, ITIL Expert and ISO/IEC 27001, reflect a commitment to global best practices, but his value comes from a practical, hands-on approach. David focuses on solutions that are clear, manageable and suited to the size and pace of each client.
He has supported businesses across many sectors in navigating complex digital risks and operational challenges. Whether working with small family-run firms or multinational groups, his focus has always been on practical steps that improve how the business works and reduce unnecessary risk.
By taking the time to understand each client’s situation, David helps organisations put the right structures in place so they can operate with confidence and keep moving forward.
David Bruem

