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

Page 52 of 486 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 The Recruitment of Mrs. Yolande Ramharrack In accordance with the terms of reference of its Investigation, the DI sought to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the recruitment of Mrs. Yolande Ramharrack to Petrojam Limited. By way of an anonymous allegation, the following, inter alia , was indicated to the DI: “… What is the relationship between Dr. The Hon. Andrew Wheatley and the HR Manager who until recently was a junior HR officer at VMBS and recruited at $12m a year . … The new HR manager at PetroJam, Yolande Ramharrack, was employed at a salary of $12 million annually. This is a significant jump in pay from the $9 million paid to the previous HR manager. Ms. Ramharrack was previously employed in a junior management post at a private sector firm at $5 million annually. She has served on Andrew Wheatley’s constituency executive, was appointed to the boards of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) and the Spectrum Management Authority of Jamaica (SMAJ). She resigned from the PCJ Board to take up the job as HR manager at PetroJam. She is known to be a personal friend of Minister Wheatley. [REDACTED] 6 (DI Emphasis) 6 Anonymous allegation received by the Integrity Commission.