Lar Housing Trust has appointed Mikko Ramstedt as its chief executive. He takes over at the helm of the housing charity from Ann Leslie, who is stepping down after steering the organisation for ten years from its launch.
Mr Ramstedt is currently Lar’s chief operating officer and managing director of its subsidiary, Lar Operations Community Interest Company (CIC). He took up his new role on 1 November and will also remain as MD of the CIC.
He joined Lar initially as director of finance & corporate services in 2018 moving from Scottish Futures Trust (SFT), where he was part of the specialist housing team that developed the business case for Lar for Scottish Government approval.
Lar’s chair, Ken Macintosh, said: “Mikko has been involved with Lar from the very beginning and was one of the architects behind its pathfinding loan-based financial model. He has a deep understanding of Lar, its aims and ethos and has been instrumental in its success at both SFT before our launch and as part of the senior management team for the last seven years.”
Lar has 779 occupied homes across 10 local authority areas, with approximately 500 further properties either under construction or in planning.
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