Ylva’s CEO to change

24.10.2024

Leea Tolvas is leaving Ylva’s service. Ylva’s Group Treasurer Pekka Huotari will take over the duties of Ylva’s CEO on a temporary basis starting from 24 October 2024. Ylva’s Board has started the recruitment process for a new CEO.

Leea Tolvas has served as Ylva’s CEO and HYY’s finance director since February 2021.

‘I am humbly proud and grateful for the trust placed in me by Ylva’s entire personnel, boards and owners’, Leea Tolvas declares.

‘I am sure to look back on the events and experiences of these turbulent years later on in life. We managed to open all 18 of our restaurants for UniCafe’s 70th anniversary, the Lyyra city block was completed in Hakaniemi as a permanent mark of our expertise, and NH Collection Grand Hansa opened its doors in the best location in Helsinki. The turnover of Ylva’s restaurant and real estate business grew 17 per cent to 29.3 million euros last year’, Tolvas lists.

‘We thank Leea for the years she spent leading Ylva and working in HYY’s various administrative bodies and wish her all the best for her future endeavours. Under Leea’s management, we have successfully restored our business operations, which were badly ravaged by the coronavirus, to pre-pandemic levels as well as completed our historic real estate investments. The last few years have been exceptionally demanding for the entire executive team due to issues such as the coronavirus, Russia’s war of aggression and rising interest rates’, Chair of Ylva’s Board Mika Heikkilä states.

Further information:

Mika Heikkilä
Ylva’s Chair of the Board
mika.heikkila@ylva.fi
050 4413 708

Antti Kaijansinkko
HYY’s Chair of the Board
antti.kaijansinkko@hyy.fi
050 475 1280

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