John Thorogood, Graphenstone UK

John is UK’s Head of Sales for Graphenstone – one of the leading mineral paints companies in the world, with ecology, sustainability and health for people and planet being Graphenstone’s core principle and at the heart of all they do. Having spent over 15 years in the paint industry, John has seen many changes, not all of them good! The general move to cleaner, healthier, lower VOC paints in the recent years has really started to pick up pace and the message on how damaging they can be for people and planet is starting to get through. Having spent the majority of his working life in paint and coatings, the biggest attraction for John to move to Graphenstone, was how high Graphenstone set the bar on how clean and sustainable paints can actually be, how clean manufacturing processes can actually be and Graphenstone’s unrivalled ambition to be the world’s leading sustainable paints brand as a key part of the solution rather part of the problem.