Corporate History
Micropal was founded and financed in 1983 by Christopher Poll and John Richardson. In 1985, the company consisted of another 4 founder members, (Salim Ghayur, Andy Pettit, Abbey Shasore and Demetries Andreou). Mark Adorian joined soon after along with Steve Lee who formed and headed their software development team in Ipswich. Together they developed the company into 15 offices around the world, including an agency set-up in 1991 in Switzerland by Adorian's future StatPro Group colleague Justin Wheatley. The company expanded into the US with the acquisition of Investment Company Data, Inc.
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