Chery Motors Nigeria was established with one thing in mind, to afford Nigerians the opportunity to own a brand new quality car.  Focusing on safety, reliability and affordability. 

An Introduction to Chery Nigeria

 A dynamic management team with a crop of seasoned professionals complements the efforts of the Board with varied experience in Management and Engineering disciplines. The team among others includes:  

Chief S.O. Bakare - Chairman

Chief S. O. Bakare is an astute, shrewd business genius and has been the Group Executive Chairman and founding Chairman of the Dynasty. Born on the eve of the Second World War in 1939, Chief S. O. Bakare approach to business has been a ‘war like’ approach, which has seen him fought and won several battles at the business front that culminated in the setting up of the Oluwalogbon Group of Companies. In 1960, he founded the Oluwalogbon dynasty, which has seen the group’s phenomenal growth and expansion into other business areas as Motor vehicles & Spare parts Distributor, Properties & Real Estate Development, Banking & Finance, Agriculture, General Trading & Investment etc. He is bringing on Board a 45 years of cherished & diverse experience in the Nigerian auto industry to Chery Motors Nigeria Limited. This will definitely give the Company (Chery) an immediate credibility and endorsement that will propel Chery to the forefront of the automobile industry in Nigeria. 

Mr. David Bakare - President/CEO

 Mr. David R. Bakare - B.Sc. (Engineering), B.Sc Business Admin and M.Sc. Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California, USA.  Astute marketer and innovator with over 14 years experience in Automobile and Limousine industry in the USA.

 Fresh off the successful turnaround of Executive Coach Builders, David is in the process of relocating to Nigeria to join the Chery Motors management team. With him on board, Chery will enjoy the fruit of his 14 years of experience in the American automobile industry. As a sales and customer service oriented manager, David will bring the American standard dealership approach to ensure Chery’s success in Nigeria.

 Mrs. ‘Remi Odunsi (Executive Director)

Remi Odunsi is a graduate of Management & Accounting from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. She is a Certified Accountant (ACCA) with over ten years post qualification experience and an Associate Member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers, UK (ACT). She also has an MBA in Information and Communication Technology from the Theseus Institute of Management, France.

 She started her career as an Accountant with Union Bank Plc (London) before coming to Nigeria to join United Bank for Africa Plc as a Banking Officer in 1997 and rose to the position of Assistant Manager before moving to First Atlantic Bank Limited in 1999. She subsequently left for Metropolitan bank Limited where she worked in Internal Control, Treasury Operations and Settlement banking. She left the bank as an Assistant General Manager in charge of Operations Bank wide. She then joined Mascot Insurance Brokers as an Executive Director. She was responsible for the reorganization that led the company to be one of the top insurance brokerage firms in Nigeria.

In addition to her professional career, Remi is the promoter of Toyland and Kids, a business she started in 1997. The business has since grown and expanded from its one shop to multiple shops in different locations in Nigeria. She is also on the Board of Directors of several companies, some of which are MBL Financial Services, C2G Consulting, Avion Travels.

 Oladele Abolade Ogunsipe (Import Manager)

O. A. Ogunsipe started his business carrier as an Accounts Clerk in 1974 with Co-operative Bank Limited. He later entered the University of Benin, Nigeria where he graduated with B.Sc. Honours in Business Administration and later capped this up with Masters in Business Administration (Marketing). He started his career in Auditing and later took on teaching before joining Oluwalogbon Group in 1985 as the Chairman’s Personal Assistant and rose to become the General Manager with varied responsibilities which include, imports & exports schedules, shipping operations & general procurement. A widely traveled executive, he has attended several marketing seminars with Peugeot in France, South Africa, & UK and also belong to several professional bodies. He has over 20 years experience in automotive Marketing & After sales service of Peugeot vehicles. This has made him a reference point in the Automobile industry in Nigeria and he will be a great asset to Chery Motors Nigeria Limited.

 Edward Shodiya (National Sales Manger)

A product of the industry, he has a well rounded experience spanning over 16yrs in the administration and management of after sales service operations in automobile companies here in Nigeria and abroad most at senior management level. The companies include: Elizade Nig. Ltd, Daewoo Motor Services Nig Ltd, Doyin Motors Ltd and Daewoo Services SARL Cotonou, Republic of Benin. With extensive experience in Asian and European brand of vehicles, including but not limited to Toyota, Volvo, Audi, VW, Skoda, Daewoo and Samsung, he brings to Chery a wealth of technical expertise from these brands.

He possesses an HND in Auto Engineering and has attended several factory trainings and seminar here in Nigeria and overseas including South Korea UAE, Ghana, and China.

Abisoye Sherif After sales Supervisor

Mr. Abisoye Sherif is the aftersales service supervisor at the Ikeja showroom/ service location. HND Mech. Engineer with over 10 years experience as after sales manager.  He is Peugeot factory trained in France. He recently completed a 2 weeks intensive training program at Chery Automobile in Wuhu China.