EVERY MIGRANT to Australia has a unique backstory that led to them arriving on our shores – and Mitsubishi Australia’s CEO Shaun Westcott is no different. Though his reasons for seeking a better life Down Under have less to do with visions of beautiful golden beaches and more to do with seeking safety for his family.
High levels of crime in his home country of South Africa, and one particularly horrific shooting incident in a shopping centre, led Westcott to Adelaide – where he now heads up Mitsubishi’s Australian operations.
“I’m not sure how many Australians know too much about South Africa, but it has a serious crime problem. And we had some fairly traumatic experiences,” he tells Wheels.
“One day I was in a store, not unlike a Big W, with my family, and these guys came in with automatic rifles and opened fire. So I phoned the police and these guys saw I was doing that and started shooting at
