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Page 73 of 486 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 A I haven't started any processes, I have just continued what has prevailed at the entity . So it would have -- so what I am speaking to it would have prevailed and that continues. So she would send out the invites to whoever , a Manager might indicate his desire or her desire to have somebody else, a subject matter expert as you might say. So if it's for the refinery maybe somebody who is more closely aligned to a process, so a subject matter expert might be identified to form part of the Panel. Q And in terms of inviting these persons that is outside that is documented, meaning that it's sent by formal communique? A E-mails… … Q And in terms of the selection of the these interview panellists, is it your experience or knowledge that these persons could be external to Petrojam? A I believe the policy, the policy has something in there that says yes, you could invite an external panellist, but I have not seen where that has been done. I haven't seen where that has been the practice; possibly because we haven't had any senior roles. Usually for high-level positions you might want to utilise that. It's on the policy so it's not something that I had initiated there. But I can't remember having an external person on a Panel. Q And what about the involvement of Board Directors on these Interview Panels, is it your experience or knowledge that this is a practice? A Right. So I am going to have to use my recruitment to say that for senior roles it's usually -- I am sure it's