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Page 205 of 486 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 CHAIRMAN: That's Mr. Cole? A: That's Mr. Cole, as the Project Director. That being said, when was it? February, I think it was around February. I don't remember the date, early February, there was an advertisement, a job Ad for Project Manager for the VDU… CHAIRMAN: So you were the Project Manager? A: Yes. CHAIRMAN: And you are saying that - in January when you did the interviews for the Process Engineer. A: Yes. … CHAIRMAN: … Did you have any discussions with anybody having seen that advertisement? A: Yes, I did. CHAIRMAN: You care to identify them? A: Sure. I had discussions with Floyd Grindley about it since I was not aware of it neither was I aware of any concerns. So I had asked what was it. Well, first of all I had asked what was it about and he mentioned - what did he mention? Nothing that made sense, sorry. Right, I had asked in terms of what it was he mentioned he made reference to a discussion that we had with the Permanent Secretary, which would have been Hilary Alexander, where we had discussed a