The Trinidad-based regional conglomerate, Massy Holdings, has denied “scandalous” claims made by its shareholder and basic counsel Angelique Parisot-Potter, that staff are being skilled to speak with the lifeless and self-heal with “white mild vitality”.
“The corporate categorically denies utilizing the programme to coach folks to speak with the lifeless, or heal with ‘white mild’ as alleged by Ms Parisot-Potter. The statements are obviously unfaithful and scandalous,” Massy Holding mentioned in a paid commercial within the media in Trinidad.
On Monday, Parisot-Potter, who can be Massy’s govt vp of Enterprise Integrity, in a ready assertion, advised the group’s annual basic assembly “I’m obliged to talk up about vital governance and fiduciary issues, as detailed in my 13-page doc, together with audio proof, beforehand shared with our CEO,” Gervase Warner.
“Amongst different issues, one alarming subject is the so-called govt management programme which has been current in our organisation for over a decade,” she mentioned, noting that the programme includes frequent journey to Fort Myers, Florida, and weekly commitments for over a yr at a value per participant of tens of hundreds of US {dollars}.
She mentioned there have been over 11 contributors final yr alone for the management programme.
“Their weird rituals embody that they will prepare Massy staff to speak with the lifeless and that attendees can self heal with ‘white mild vitality’,” she said.
Parisot-Potter, who has been part of the Massy govt groups for greater than seven years, advised the assembly that “it is a matter of grave concern to shareholders as a result of the couple main the programme seem to exert disproportionate affect over our govt staff.
“Within the midst of a overseas change disaster Massy can’t be spending scarce sources on extremely doubtful actions, and contracts awarded can’t be pushed by means of with out prudent due course of. This isn’t only a governance subject; it’s a blatant disregard for shareholder pursuits,” she mentioned, urging the board of administrators of the conglomerate that operates in a number of Caribbean nations, to take the matter severely.
However in its assertion, Massy Holdings mentioned Parisot-Potter submitted a 13-page doc on November 26 to the group’s chief govt officer and that the board takes all allegations very severely and has initiated an unbiased course of to look at all of Parisot-Potter’s claims.
It mentioned that it was involved that Parisot-Potter used the event of the corporate’s a hundredth annual assembly to observe up on her submission with public disclosure of a matter confidential to the corporate.
“The board has initiated a disciplinary course of to evaluation Ms Parisot-Potter’s conduct on the annual assembly towards her duties as the overall counsel to the corporate and can observe due course of to find out how this needs to be dealt with responsibly but decisively,” the assertion mentioned.
Within the assertion, the Massy board mentioned the disciplinary course of would weigh Parisot-Potter’s conduct on the assembly “towards her duties because the Common Counsel to the Firm and can observe due course of to find out how this needs to be dealt with responsibly but decisively”.
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