The Board of Directors of the Guyana Water Incorporated, following a specially convened board meeting today, decided to terminate the services of Lear Goring as the entity’s Debt Recovery Manager.
A release from GWI said that Goring was sent on administrative leave pending investigations into reports that he was not qualified for the position of Debt Recovery Manager.
GWI said its decision comes following a review of Goring’s credentials, which do not satisfy the requirements outlined for the position.
It should also be noted that the decision taken was based solely on a review of his qualification for the job.
The statement said that the Chairman, board of directors and management of GWI wish. Goring all the best in his future endeavors.
Goring is reputed to be a friend of GWI Chief Executive Officer Richard Van West-Charles and his hiring without the requisite qualifications will raise questions about recruitment procedures at GWI and the role of the Human resources Department.
Goring had also been convicted on several matters in the US.
According to court documents seen by Stabroek News, Goring was charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine in 1995 and he later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 63 months in prison by Judge K M Moore in a Brooklyn, New York Court. He was expected to be supervised for 48 months after release. He was later deported.
In 2002 along with his mother, Joycelyn Goring, he had filed a petition for a naturalisation hearing in front of Judge I Leo Glasser on September 26, 2000.
This was objected to by the US government on the grounds that Goring was convicted in 1990 of drug trafficking and deported in 1993 and then he returned to the US in 1995 with “a forged passport and drugs.”
“Goring cannot be deemed a national,” the document said. The petition was dismissed in 2002, after the court was informed that Goring was deported.
