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Page 101 of 486 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 “ CHAIRMAN: While you were a part of the Board, were you asked or required to attend any interviews of any personnel that is going to be hired by Petrojam? A: Yes, I was. Q: Could you state how many such interviews you would have conducted while you were a Board member. A: I was asked to sit on two such interviews, however, the first one I was unavailable and did not attend. I was asked the second time. I was asked to sit on the interview pertaining to the hiring of the HR Manager as the HR Chair who was Mr Harold Malcolm, was overseas, I was asked as the only Board member who was present in Jamaica to sit on the interviewing panel. Q: Do you recall the name of the other persons that you were asked to sit on the interview that you were not able to attend? A: You mean the other person who was being employed? Q: Yes? A: You see what happened, the Board has a policy that for management positions that they would ask a Board member to attend such interviews. So when the General Manager was being interviewed, I was also asked but was unable to attend due to another meeting that I had at that time. Q: So the other interview that you would have attended if you were available, would have been for the General Manager?