PERTH, Australia - Guardian Protective Coatings has appointed Boyd Cooray Technical Director. Cooray is currently Director of Technology and New Business Development at Druckfarben Hellas in Greece. He previously held executive positions in the UK at Baxendale Chemicals and Borden (UK) before spending 15 years at Plascon Paints in South Africa as Technical Director with responsibility for decorative, industrial and protective coatings.
 
Cooray has many publications, awards and patents to his name and has been an active member of the Nova Paint Club and Coatings Research Group Inc. (United States) for almost 15 years.