Leea Tolvas

Country director for Nordisk Renting, providing real estate finance by NatWest to long-term public&corporate users of large assets. Double masters from Aalto in Engineering and Business (DI, KTM), more recently KJs 2016, JYET 2020, HHJ and 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, 2021-24 as CEO of Ylva%27s 130 employees within real estate and restaurants, rebounding turnover from 15 back to 30m€+ amidst covid, interest rate hikes, Russian war on Ukraine.

MREC and other boardwork since 2007, currently in over 40 entitities. Speaks strategy as a continuous process, scenarios, investments, finance, construction management, empathy in leadership, B2C, customer value, location planning, and international growth.