16 Dec 2020, 09:15 In the latest in a series of interviews with the region’s place makers for the Christmas period, Place North West asks David Topham, chief executive of developer CTP, about his proudest achievements and why his alternative career choice was being a chef. Why did you choose a career in property? I was brought up on building sites at weekends and holidays. If one wanted pocket money, the building site was where to get it even if the shovel was bigger than I was, until later years. My family was in construction and my father was an architect, so buildings and making them was in my veins. However, it was when we got into commercial development that I realised it was this part of the game I wanted to pursue and be a part of. The creativity and delivery is what interests and excites me.