Juha Höyhtyä, EVP, Housing service area, will leave the Group Executive Board and the company during August 2021. Juuso Hietanen, CEO, will act as director for Housing service area until a successor is found.

Jaakko Heikkilä, EVP, Business Premises service area, will leave the Group Executive Board and the company in the end of year 2021. Matti Koskela, an experienced construction professional, will start as head of the service area from the beginning of January 2022.

“I want to thank Juha Höyhtyä and Jaakko Heikkilä for their work for the company. They have played important roles in managing both the company’s strong growth and the challenges which followed after that. I also want to welcome Matti Koskela to Lehto. He will bring strong experience in the construction industry and profiles as a good people leader,” says Lehto's CEO Juuso Hietanen.

"I look forward to participate for renewing Lehto that focuses on genuine work and is known as a dynamic player, together with the executive board and the entire staff. In my position, I will be able to utilise my experience in business premises and housing construction, as well as my knowledge of customer needs. Lehto's pioneering spirit and products combined with cost-effective prefabrications also provide a good starting point for the needs of the changed demand for business premises solutions and, consequently, for improving profitability in the longer term,” says Matti Koskela.

The following persons will continue in the Group Executive Board: Juuso Hietanen, CEO, Veli-Pekka Paloranta, CFO, Antti Asteljoki, CCO, Timo Reiniluoto, EVP, Business Support Services, Arto Tolonen, CDO, Jukka Haapalainen, EVP, Factory production and Kaarle Törrönen, Vice President, Human Resources.