Devereux recruited E A G Liddiard from The British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association (BNF) to be Fulmer's Director of Research
Among other senior staff recruited were: 
* Philipp Gross a refugee from Vienna who was an expert in chemical thermodynamics and had been working at International Alloys (another Almin company) on the direct reduction of magnesite to magnesium, appointed Principal Scientist
* Ted Calnan, appointed Principal Physicist
* Arthur Sully, recruited from Special Metals Wiggin Limited, was an expert on the creep of jet engine turbine blades.  He established Fulmer's reputation in physical metallurgy
* Harold Hardy, another metallurgist, worked on the development of new aluminium alloys
* Gordon Metcalfe, recruited from the Royal Aircraft Establishment to head the corrosion section
* Tom Heal, a physicist who had served in the Navy working on counter measures against acoustic and magnetic mines, became head of physics
* Eric Brandes, a process metallurgist from the Ford Motor Company
* Leon Levi, a physical chemist
By the end of 1946 Fulmer had about 40 Staff.