Mercedes-Benz Nigeria Gets New MD

The Board of Directors, Weststar Associates Limited, has appointed Mrs. Mary Ojulari as the new managing director (Mercedes-Benz Nigeria).

This was disclosed in a statement signed by the board of directors of Weststar Associates (Mercedes-Benz) Nigeria.

The statement said, Mary has a successful history within our organisation and has played a key part in the company as chief financial officer and deputy managing director before. The board wishes her all the best in her new role.”

Aderinola Mary Ojulari, formerly the Deputy Managing Director/ Chief Finance Officer at Weststar Associates Limited (Weststar).  Weststar is the sole Authorised General Distributor for Mercedes-Benz passenger cars’ and commercial vehicles in Nigeria. Weststar coordinates Daimler AG‘s business activities in Nigeria that includes of sales, after-sales services, dealer support, fleet management support, warranties, marketing, corporate communication, and trainings.

Mary is a focused and result oriented finance executive with over 20 years’ experience of which she spent 12 years working in the diaspora. Mary has worked in a range of senior and director level roles in the media and service sectors. She has a reputation for setting strategic direction and establishing robust working relationships with relevant stakeholders. Her specialties are continuous improvement, financial management, financial reporting, leadership, networking, project management, strategy, production management and due diligence.

She is an enterprising and versatile professional with broad experience in leading all aspects of finance. At Weststar, she oversees a number of departments from the finance to the after-sales. She is responsible for managing Weststar’s budget, fund investments, company policies with regards to capital requirements, risk and cash management and supervises raising of project funding to execute the company’s various expansion projects. She ensures that each department has a clear direction on how to achieve its targets.

She started her career in Audit at KPMG UK, before moving to Bass Group PLC as a management accountant in 2003 and thereafter Whitbread PLC UK as a Management Accountant. She joined the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) as an Analyst in 2006. Her main responsibilities at BBC was Business Partnering across various divisions. In 2009, she was promoted to the Business & Corporate Planning Manager in the corporate finance division.

She relocated to Nigeria in 2012, where she worked with CNBC & Forbes Africa as the Chief Financial Officer for West Africa. In addition, she was responsible for the administration and human resources division for the West African region for 5 years before joining Weststar Associated Ltd in 2017, where she currently works.

Mary holds a degree in Accounting and Finance from London South Bank University and is a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants since 2008. She also has several Human Resources certifications from the Lagos Business School. Her passion lies in motivating and mentoring young people. She is married and with two sons.

October 06, 2022