Sewells Group announce the finalists in the 2015 NADA Businessman of the Year

The 2015 performance results of the automotive dealers have been measured, audited and finalised and we are pleased to release the full list of finalists for the Sewells Group NADA Businessman of the Year Awards. There are 5 finalists in each of the four categories.

“The competition was tough and the results were close with a significant number of dealerships exceeding the performance benchmarks for the industry. We applaud the determination of every dealership in these tough economic times and the results of the top five dealers in each of the categories are outstanding.” said Warren Olsen, CEO of Sewells Group, South Africa.

The winners will be announced on 10 March 2016 at a gala awards evening to be held at Turbine Hall in Johannesburg.

Finalists in the Large Dealer Category
Dealer Principal
McCarthy Audi Centre Menlyn Diederik Kruger
CMH GM East Rand Conroy McHaffie
McCarthy VW Arcadia Stephan Delport
Rustenburg Toyota Johann Snyman
Super Group Jaguar Land Rover East Rand Birgit Savini
Finalists in the Medium Dealer Category
Dealer Principal
BB Motors Nissan Tzaneen Jurie du Plessis
BB Motors Ford Polowane Thys de Kock
CMH Volvo Cars Pretoria Chris Pienaar
McCarthy Toyota Empangeni Manny Brockmann
NTT VW East London Gerhard van Zyl
Finalists in the Small Dealer Category
Dealer Principal
BB Motors Nissan Makhado Johan Rootman
Buffalo Toyota King Williams Town Travis Willis
NTT VW Paarl Angriss Coetzee
Super Group Jaguar Land Rover Rustenburg Christo Henning
Westvaal GM Mokopane Dana Schamrel
Finalists in the Performance Group Category
Dealer Principal
Eagle Mazda Johannesburg Justin Gillesen
Mekor Ford Claremont Grant McDonough
Paarlberg BMW Karl Dahl
Producta Nissan Nelspruit Gerrie Cronje
Lindsay Saker VW Hyde Park Mike Thomas