Who Owns MEDITECH? State Minister Donovan Williams No Longer Listed as Majority Shareholder
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and Member of Parliament for Kingston Central Donovan Williams is no longer listed as the majority shareholder of Medical Technologies (MEDITECH) Ltd.
The 40,000 shares he held have been surrendered back to the company, based on a check made at the Companies Office of Jamaica by 18⁰ North on Feb. 2, 2026.
MEDITECH drew public attention last year after Opposition Spokesperson on Health Dr. Alfred Dawes alleged that the company overcharged the government’s South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) for a neurosurgical drill, which MEDITECH denied doing. The company, along with Williams, sued Dawes for defamation. Dawes, meanwhile, claims he was never served.
Williams had maintained that he, being an attorney, was only holding the 40,000 MEDITECH shares in trust, and that, following the resolution of a shareholder dispute in 2022, his attorneys had prepared the necessary documents to facilitate the passing of the shares to the beneficial owner.
However, he didn’t disclose who that beneficial owner is, prompting questions as to who exactly the government has been doing business with and whether any procurement laws have been breached?
Between 2008 and 2020, 18⁰ North later reported, MEDITECH had received 223 government contracts worth J$201 million (US$1.85 million) from various state entities — two-thirds of which had received only one tender, based on information contained in the Integrity Commission’s Quarterly Contract Awards database.