REDACTED 2 - IC Petrojam Investigation - Recruitment and Parties October 18, 2019 final

Page 214 of 486 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 Separation from Petrojam Limited By way of letter dated August 23, 2018, Mr. Cole’s employment was terminated by Petrojam Limited on the basis that the VDU Project faces an extreme delay and as such, the positon of Project Director was made redundant. Mr. Winston Watson, General Manager, Petrojam, was also required by the DI to speak to the recruitment process which was undertaken with respect to the Project Director and the function(s) or duties he performed. Mr. Watson, stated, inter alia , as follows in his March 20, 2019, response: “ Recruitment Process : Mr. Cole was interviewed following the advertisement published for Process Engineer for the VDU Project. The interview Panel rejected him for the advertised position. As second round of interviews was conducted and Mr. Olivere Cole was included in the persons interviewed. An employment contract dated March 12, 2018 was signed between Mr. Olivere Cole and Petrojam for him to commence as VDU Project Director on April 9, 2018. The position of VDU Project Director was made redundant in August 2018 because the VDU Project was placed on hold pending the report of the Review Committee…As a result, the employment contract of Mr. Cole was terminated. ” [1] Mr. Watson also indicated that with respect to Mr. Cole, there was ”…no job description attached to the contract or otherwise on the record for the VDU Project Director Position.” [2]