Jonni Laitto appointed COO at Senate Properties

Jonni Laitto has been appointed Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Group Management Team at Senate Properties, which is responsible for state-owned properties, from 1 September 2024. He is currently Construction Management Director at Senate Properties.

As COO, Laitto will be responsible for Senate Properties’ operations nationwide and will chair Senate Properties’ Management Team.

Jonni Laitto has worked in various construction project management and management positions at Senate since 2013. He was earlier a project manager at the Construction Establishment of the Defence Administration, and in foreign business development and design assignments in architect offices. Laitto graduated as an architect in the United States.

Senate’s current chief operating officer Tuomas Pusa will take up the position of Senate Group President and Group CEO on 1 July 2024.

“The position of chief operating officer at Senate Properties attracted a wide range of applicants from both inside and outside the Group. I’m convinced that Jonni is the right person to lead the implementation of the unincorporated state enterprise’s updated strategy to further improve customer and employee satisfaction in the coming years. Jonni’s ability to deliver, his broad-based approach to the operations and development needs of the state enterprise, and highly regarded leadership style serve our work for Finland in our rapidly changing operating environment,” Tuomas Pusa says.

“We must support state actors to succeed in their own missions, both in terms of their operations and finances, in a socially responsible manner. Our personnel form an extremely committed work community. I’m excited about my new role in the cooperation between our team and stakeholders,” Jonni Laitto says.

Senate Properties reported net sales of €611 million in 2023, real estate assets of around €3.7 billion and investments of €502 million.