Wynford Dore's Early Life
Life for him started when he was born into a working class family in South Wales in 1949. The family moved to the industrial city, Coventry, in 1959 where he continued his school at King Henry VIII grammar school.
First Business Success
His first business was started whilst still at school - it was in photography and provided him the financial ability to satisfy his youthful passion for driving interesting cars. After leaving school he worked at Jaguar Cars as a systems analyst and there he showed a keen eye for using the capability of evolving information technology, to develop innovative solutions for large scale production problems. His formed his second company, Nullifire Ltd, in 1974 to offer a novel solution to structural fire protection for steel-work. At the time the industry faced the challenges of health issues around the materials generally used. He pioneered a solution that overcame those issues and added our features that led to the possibility of extensive use of exposed steelwork in public, commercial and industrial buildings. He set up research centers in Coventry and Paris, and his products were market leaders in fire-resistant paint technology until he sold Nullifire in 1998 to RPM inc.