About Motus Group Australia
ABOUT US
Motus Australia is a diversified motor retail business in the automotive sector. It is a subsidiary of Motus Holdings Ltd, a motor vehicle themed corporation. We have unrivalled scale and scope in South Africa, and a selected international presence in the United Kingdom, Australia, South East Asia; and Southern and East Africa. Motus Holdings Ltd is a public company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Motus Australia employs almost 700 people nationally and encompasses 27 vehicle franchised outlets at 51 locations across Victoria and New South Wales.
A NAME IN AUSTRALIAN AUTOMOTIVE LEADERSHIP
Motus Australia is a wholly owned subsidiary of Motus Holdings Ltd, a group that has grown successfully across Australia over the years with interests in automotive and finance. MOTUS is motion in Latin and the Australian subsidiary is following its’ parent company and adopting the Motus brand for our leading Australian automotive group.
A CONTINUING TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
Motus Australia will continue the well-established traditions of the business to date: service and excellence reflected in all that we do, complemented by the high-quality passenger and commercial vehicle marques that we represent.
Currently, these include: Audi, BMW, Ford, GMSV, Honda, Hyundai, Isuzu, Land Rover-Jaguar, Kia, Peugeot, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Renault, Skoda, Suzuki, Subaru and Volkswagen. View Our Dealerships
MOTUS IS POWERED BY ITS PEOPLE
A diverse combination of experienced, educated and energetic individuals – whose progress relies on strategic clarity, operational excellence and innovation. In short, we are dedicated to powering the progress of Motus to continue to be a world-class motor vehicle group.
Jaco Oosthuizen
Motus Australia CEO
Jaco Oosthuizen was appointed CEO of Motus Australia after John Johnson retired on 1 July 2022. He is a chartered accountant who was in the employ of Deloitte prior to joining the Motus group in 2001. Jaco served as Managing Director of Renault South Africa for the last five years before relocating to Australia.
Michael Clements
Australian Automotive Group (AAG)
Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Sydney, and was first employed by Ford Credit in 1989 as part of the Ford Graduate Program.
Michael worked for 10 years at Ford Credit across all aspects of the business including dealership wholesale and capital funding, retail lending and collections. He left the organisation to join the Sydney Retail Joint Venture and has continued his career, as the company evolved and transitioned to become what is now the Australian Automotive Group. Originally working across the entire group to promote Fleet sales, Michael also ran franchises in Campbelltown, Five Dock and Roseberry, before becoming the Group Operations Director.
He oversaw key initiatives including the acquisition of the Hyundai, Mitsubishi and Kia franchises for the Group, and the establishment of company’s financial services licence
Michael was appointed a Director of the Group in 2013.
Michael is happily married with three grown boys, he is a keen supporter of Rugby Union, and having grown up in the central west of NSW enjoys regular visits to the family farm near Cowra.
Keith Laing
Motus Australia CFO
After completing his articles with BakerTilly in Cape Town, Keith qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Keith joined an audit client, Jurgens Ci Caravans, as Financial Manager in 1995. After serving as the Financial Director, he was made Managing Director in 2001. In 2007, MOTUS bought Jurgens Ci and he continued as Managing Director. In 2014, Keith moved across to the MOTUS Passenger Car division as the Chief Financial Officer and oversaw the divisions 83 passenger motor dealerships across South Africa. In 2017, Keith immigrated to Australia and joined the MOTUS business – Australian Automotive Group – in Sydney as the Internal Auditor. With the acquisition of SWT, he relocated to Traralgon to be the Group Financial Controller and bring the new subsidiary into the group. In 2018, Keith was appointed Chief Financial Officer for MOTUS Australia.