Mathieu Flamini might have grown up in Corsica, but the Crystal Palace midfielder shows no signs of a Napoleon complex. He’s softly spoken and remarkably down to earth, which is fitting really given the topic of our conversation.
In 2008, along with his friend and business partner Pasquale Granata, Flamini founded GF Biochemicals (GFB), the first company in the world to mass-produce levulinic acid, a naturally occurring chemical which has been identified by the US Department of Energy as one of 12 bio-based molecules that could help create a “greener” planet.
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