“The short answer is I am better at adding up then drawing,” laughs Matt Hill, explaining why he did not pursue a career in architecture despite studying the subject at Liverpool University. “I’m not creatively minded. I’m more scientifically and numbers-minded.”

Hill switched his focus by doing a construction management master’s at Sheffield Hallam. Fast-forward two decades and numbers are certainly at the forefront of his mind as he prepares to become managing director of the fast-growing EDGE consultancy in July of next year.