Seyi Onajide (Group Managing Director R.T. Briscoe Plc.)

Seyi Onajide (Group Managing Director R.T. Briscoe Plc.).

Seyi Onajide, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1989. He started his professional career as an intern with Deloitte Haskins & Sells, an international firm of Chartered Accountants. Subsequently, he obtained his master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Lagos (1998). He has attended several management courses locally and internationally, including the prestigious Lagos Business School and the famous INSEAD, France.

Prior to his joining Briscoe in 1998, he worked with SCOA Nigeria Plc (1990-1996), where he became the AGM Finance. He then served as a Management Consultant to Alchem Industries Limited (1996-1997) and Management Development Associates (1998).

He was employed by R.T. Briscoe on July 1, 1998, appointed as Finance Director in December 2004, and Executive Director in charge of the entire motor business in January 2006. In April 2008, he was appointed as the Deputy Managing Director, and Managing Director-Designate in July 2009. He became GMD/CEO of R.T. Briscoe Plc in January 2010.

Mr. Seyi Onajide was also re-appointed for the 7th time as President of the Association of Automobile, Boatyard, Transport Equipment and Allied Employers of Nigeria (AABTEAEN) until the year 2022. He has received numerous awards, with the most recent being the Auto Personality of the Year Award for the entire Nigerian Automobile industry. He is happily married with a wife and children.

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