Ajit John
ajit@herald-goa.com
PANJIM: The search for a CEO for the Investment Promotion Board may be at an end with the selected candidate expected to receive his papers shortly.
Sources speaking to the Herald revealed the candidate Ashton Godinho has been shortlisted though the papers have not been given to him as yet despite the decision having been taken more than a month earlier.
The delay in the appointment of the CEO has been attributed to administrative delays. The candidate when contacted claimed he had no idea what this reporter was talking about though his close family sources revealed that he was contacted on April 30 and informed of his selection.
However, post that, despite assurances nothing had moved making it very frustrating. This source claimed the delay was very disconcerting and that there were several other offers in the market.
Another source, a senior corporate executive revealed the review meeting was not held since nothing that was intended to be completed had been done as yet and he now expected it to be held in the next fortnight.
When the Herald met the Chief Minister at the inauguration of a girl’s toilet late last month, he revealed exclusively to the Herald that the files had been cleared by him and the files would move on June 1. As we know now that has not happened.
Ashton Godinho is a senior corporate executive employed with a national company which has a manufacturing base in the state. The company is a global leader in speciality laminated and plastic collapsible tubes. He is the profit centre head and leads a team of over 350 personnel.
As CEO of the IPB he will have to interact with captains of industry in the country and even abroad and convince them to invest in the state. The CEO will be given a salary of Rs 2 lakhs a month and will have a team to assist him in his task. He is also expected to have one of the four major consulting majors help him make decisions with regards to clearances of projects .
