Dr. Walton E. Gilpin, RCB MD: Vindicated
Three out of four members of the Special Investigative Committee set up to investigate alleged sexual harassment reported by Margaret Davies against Dr. Walton E. Gilpin have been debunked.
Margaret Davies is the Legal Adviser and Company Secretary (LA/CS) of Rokel Commercial Bank. She has been under radar as one of the key suspects trying to conclude a sinister plot to blackmail and cause the removal of the RCB Managing Director, Dr. Walton Gilpin.
The lady in question had issues with the RCB MD after the bank could not grant her wish to become Director of the Legal Unit at RCB. The decision not to make her Director rested squarely on her sheer level of incompetence to handle such a sensitive position.
Below are excerpts of three out of four members of the Special Investigative Committee that vindicated Dr. Gilpin of any wrongdoing.
“I have not discerned any evidence of sexual harassment. My picture of the numerous exchanges between these two in their whatsApp shows that of a good relationship; a trustworthy one endowed with reliability and confidence between the two of them. What we are now witnessing is a relationship that has gone sour for one reason or the other. We should therefore make all efforts to bring them to work together again like they did when the bank was most successful and was the envy of all banks,”
-SabieuConteh Director and Member of the Special Investigative Committee
“I am unequivocally certain in my mind and from the records, (interviews, chats recordings, affidavits) that I cannot convincingly conclude nor affirm a case of sexual harassment”.
-Marcella B. Jones (Mrs.) Director and Member of the Special Investigative Committee
“It is my considered opinion that the allegation of sexual harassment by the LA/CS against the RCB MD has NOT on the facts/chats/evidences before the Special Investigative Committee been established beyond reasonable doubt. There was an ensuing breakdown in the work and personal relationship between the MD and the LA/CS as predicted by the LA/CS in a message to the MD on 02/08/2017.
- Andrew T. Hope Member RCBSL Ltd.,
According to the Board, the said sexual harassment claim was nothing but mutual adult communication on WhatsApp dating as far back as 2017.
It could be recalled that before now the RCB (formerly Barclays Bank) was nothing to write home about. But since Dr. Walton E. Gilpin took over the reins of managing the renamed RC Bank, the sky is the limit the bank can reach.
He has together with a loyal team of experts done what none of his predecessors could do when they were equitably financially capable. Dr. Gilpin came at a time when the RCB was at its knees, begging and almost dying for want of funds to maintain and hold on to its image, its staff and its customers.
As innovative and ingenious as he is, Dr. Gilpin throughout his almost five years tenure as Managing Director of Rokel Commercial Bank (RCBank) has and continues to ensure that he makes banking simpler, less cumbersome and easily accessible within the length and breadth of Sierra Leone.
In fact, Dr. Gilpin is on record for being the only bank manager that speaks to the general public on issues that were once mystified or misunderstood.
