Leea Tolvas

CEO of 150-year-old Ylva and 130 employees: reshaping corporate real estate and restaurants, with responsibility as key driver. Double masters from Aalto in Engineering and Business (DI, KTM), more recently KJs 2016, JYET 2020, HHJ 2020, Boardman alumni 2021, HHJ pj and Sitra sustainable economic policy course 2023.

Mean midwestern accent, having lived childhood in Chicago, IL, and later studied MBA at Peking University. Previously 15 years at the S-group in property portfolio investments (incl.acquisition of Spar, Esso, establishing Kodin Terra, developing Kaari shopping center), 2018-19 in Finnish mgmt team of Colliers, 2020 at FIM/Fennia/S-pankki incl.Tripla, Pasaati, Hertsi. MREC and other boardwork since 2007. Speaks strategy as a continuous process, scenarios, investments, finance, empathy in leadership, B2C, customer value, location planning, and international growth.