Technology >> CEO Interviews >> July 10, 2000
WYNFORD DORE is the Chairman of GOAL Plc. He began his career in 1967
as a computer systems analyst at Jaguar Cars. In 1973, he established
Nullifire Limited which pioneered fire protection coatings and became
the dominant supplier of thin film intumescent coatings worldwide. The
company was sold in 1998 to RPM Inc. In 1999, together with his cousin
Gareth Newman, Wynford Dore was responsible for identifying the market
opportunity for GOAL and conceiving the product. In addition, from 1983
to 1994 he was Chairman of the governors of Abbotsford School,
Kenilworth and is a shareholder and Chairman of Newman Schools Limited
which operates a preparatory school for 340 pupils in Leamington Spa. Profile
pre-IPO and post-IPO, can you tell me what it was like pre-IPO and what
you're doing today?
Mr. Dore: Pre-IPO the
