West In­di­an To­bac­co Com­pa­ny (Wit­co) an­nounced yes­ter­day that Raoul Glynn “ceased to be the man­ag­ing di­rec­tor” of the Champs Fleur-based cig­a­rette man­u­fac­tur­er with ef­fect from Oc­to­ber 31, 2024.

Wit­co al­so an­nounced that Glynn ceased to be a di­rec­tor of the com­pa­ny from the same date.

The an­nounce­ment by Wit­co came yes­ter­day in a no­tice pub­lished in the news­pa­pers and on the web­site of the T&T Stock Ex­change. Wit­co’s sis­ter com­pa­ny, Car­reras Ltd, re­port­ed in a no­tice on the Ja­maica Stock Ex­change on Thurs­day that Glynn had re­signed from the Ja­maican com­pa­ny ef­fec­tive No­vem­ber 1, 2024.

Glynn’s de­par­ture from Wit­co comes near­ly five months af­ter he was placed on paid ad­min­is­tra­tive leave, pend­ing an in­ter­nal in­ves­ti­ga­tion. Wit­co an­nounced on June 28, that Glynn was on ad­min­is­tra­tive leave ef­fec­tive June 24.

In the June 28 no­tice, Wit­co said that Hi­ram Muril­lo would act as man­ag­ing di­rec­tor of the com­pa­ny.

In yes­ter­day’s no­tice, the cig­a­rette man­u­fac­tur­er said Muril­lo would con­tin­ue to act as man­ag­ing di­rec­tor.

The par­ent com­pa­ny of both Wit­co and Car­reras is British Amer­i­can To­bac­co.