Goldman's early career was dictated by the second world war where she enlisted and worked for Louis Mountbatten.

They worked as a close team with credit being difficult to divide between them but her mother, Ray Hille, was also an important contributor to the company's success.

[1] The Hille furniture business was transformed when they met two award-winning British designers in America in 1949.

The business was temporarily saved at the end of the war by exporting Chippendale style furniture to America.

With Rosamind Julus and her husband as the entrepreneurs, the company changed direction and the new furniture was designed not for retail but for specification by architects and large projects.

[1] The partnership with Robin Day was very successful and in 1952 the Hille company set up showrooms in Mayfair where their modernist furniture could be displayed.

Their successful British designs were licensed overseas including the rights to manufacture tens of thousands of chairs for the Mexico Olympics.