By Staff reporter

Thato Magasa has been appointed as the new Managing Director for Mitsubishi Motors SA. He officially assumed full responsibility within his new role from the 1st of March 2021.

Magasa succeeds Pedro Pereira, who had been in the role since 2015. Pedro has moved to the C2 Technology Group as Chief Operating Officer

MBA Graduate

Magasa holds a B-Com Accounting degree and acquired his MBA at GIBS in South Africa.

No stranger to the automotive industry

The new Mitsubishi MD Magasa is no stranger to the automotive industry and has worked in numerous roles within the Motus Group since he first joined the company in 2009. Following a short break in 2012, he returned to the Motus Group holding various roles at Mitsubishi Motors South Africa, including that of Operations Manager, and then moved to another senior role within the Motus Group – this time at Renault South Africa.

Prior to this, Magasa had been the General Manager for Sales at Renault SA, after completing a 12-month development programme within the Renault Group.

Enthusiastic about the challenge at hand

Magasa is extremely enthusiastic about the challenge on hand, and has made a great start within this new position.

“Having spent a large part of my career working at challenger brands, I have always found that it is undoubtedly the people within the organisation who make the difference,” he says. “I am highly passionate about the continuous development of people towards the achievement of organisational goals. Our end goal is to offer a consistently high-quality retail and ownership experience of our vehicles, which will be heavily reliant on our people – both within Mitsubishi Motors SA and the dealer network at large.”

We wish Thato well in his new role.

Source: Mitsubishi South Africa