Durrant Pate/Contributor

Regional distribution conglomerate Massy Group has been rocked by irregularities, resulting in at least one senior manager being sent on leave.

Our Today can confirm that executive vice-president of business integrity and group business counsel, Angelique Parisot-Potter, has been sent on paid administrative leave arising from preliminary investigations by the company. Her leave took effect on December 20, 2023 and will run until January 12, 2024, or until the completion of the internal investigation.

Details of the irregularities are unknown at this time but it is suspected that it relates to allegations of questionable and lavish spending by the company’s management. Our Today reported last week that Parisot-Potter made certain startling revelations at Massy’s recent 100th annual general meeting.

Questionable spending

At the meeting, she raised concerns about the company’s spending of scarce foreign exchange on an executive management programme in Fort Myers, Florida. Parisot-Potter claimed the spending involves “bizarre rituals” and “highly dubious activities”.

She claimed employees were being trained to communicate with the dead and self-heal with “white light energy”.

In response, Contractors and General Workers Trade Union (CAGWTU), which is the trade union representing workers at Massy’s T&T operation, contended that Massy’s President and CEO Gervase Warner had no difficulty justifying spending between US$500,000 and US$1 million a year on the said executive leadership training in Fort Myers, Florida.

The union has called for an investigation into how Massy prioritises questionable arbitrary spending over the workers they call family. In a subsequent news release, CAGWTU, which represents monthly paid workers at Massy Stores, said it is extremely concerned over these allegations.

Management called into question

According to the union, “It is now being revealed how Massy has prioritised spending money with a focus on the executive management leadership team. This revelation has raised some serious concerns as it relates to the use of our scarce foreign exchange in this era of modern technology to allegedly engage in activities which delve into the dark world of occultism.”

In concluding, the CAGWTU declared: “Instead of a witch hunt, no pun intended, an investigation must be conducted into how the Massy Group prioritises questionable arbitrary spending over the workers they call family.”