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Page 5 of 486 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Director of Investigation (DI), pursuant to Sections 33 and 52 of the Integrity Commission Act, on June 26, 2018, initiated an Investigation into allegations concerning acts of impropriety and/or irregularity, conflict of interest, corruption, nepotism, cronyism and favouritism at Petrojam Limited. Petrojam Limited, Jamaica’s only petroleum refinery is a limited liability company; jointly owned by PDVCaribe, a subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ). The PCJ is a statutory body created and wholly owned by the Government of Jamaica 1 . The decision to commence an Investigation into the stated matter(s) was prompted by an anonymous allegation received by the DI. The allegations referred to certain acts of corruption, impropriety and irregularity in relation to, inter alia , the following: (a) The recruitment of Mrs. Yolande Ramharrack to Petrojam Limited as the Human Resource Development and Administration Manager, the salary and benefits which formed a part of her employment contract and the existence of a personal relationship between Dr. Andrew Wheatley and Mrs. Ramharrack; (b) The tenure of Dr. Perceval Bahado-Singh as the former Chairman of Petrojam Limited, and in particular issues of conflicts of interest owing to an alleged close personal relationship with Dr. Andrew Wheatley and the purchase of airline tickets and associated accommodations in respect of business trips which were not attended; (c) The employment of: (i) Mr. Clayton Smith; (ii) Mrs. Michon Daley nee Bell; (iii) Mr. Olivier Cole; (iv) Reverend Dorothy Grant; and (v) Mr. Floyd Grindley; and 1 Accessed on March 26, 2019 at http://www.petrojam.com/about-us