MIEA appoints Soma Sundram as CEO

PETALING JAYA (Sept 7): The Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA) has appointed Soma Sundram Krisnaswamy as its CEO. 

In a press release today, Soma said he looks forward to working with all stakeholders in the real estate industry to drive meaningful change while aiming to hosting more positive engagements with government bodies such as the Finance as well as Housing and Local Government ministries to look at current issues affecting the housing market.

“I have served MIEA in different capacities over the last 26 years and I am delighted to have been chosen to galvanise and propel the vision of the MIEA leadership into the next exciting phase of our journey. We plan to make MIEA a united, progressive and relevant Institute that engages its members,” he said.

According to the statement, Soma started his professional career with SK Brothers Realty in 1987 and served MIEA in various roles since 1992. He was MIEA’s President from 2007 to 2009 and is the youngest recipient of the MIEA National Real Estate Leadership (Lifetime Achievement) Award which he received in 2013. 

Over the years, he has also trained over 33,000 members of the real estate fraternity.

“Soma has demonstrated throughout his career the ability to work successfully in different environments, from establishing the MIEA National Real Estate Awards (NREA), developing our Negotiators Certification Course syllabus for real estate negotiators and co-developing a regional platform for real estate, the ASEAN Real Estate Network Alliance (Arena) of which he is the first Secretary-General,” said MIEA president Eric Lim.

He added that the association has grown by leaps and bounds and it needs to consolidate its activities and expand its services to meet the needs of its growing membership.  

“MIEA plans to play a greater role in enhancing professionalism and integrity among practitioners and we have developed programmes to enhance our practitioners’ level of service to the public,” he said.