5 minutes with … Matt Townend at Ecoworld London

2021-09-03T08:10:00

The EcoWorld COO on the satisfaction he gets from creating a new environment, the challenge of getting the best out of his staff and how he enjoyed finally convincing his friends that he wasn’t an estate agent

Why did you choose construction as a career?

I get a lot of satisfaction from seeing a physical representation of what I have been working towards.

For me, the idea of doing a job where all you create is money or numbers on a spreadsheet doesn’t appeal. I want to be able to walk my kids through London, tell them stories and show them what I have helped to create.

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