SOMA SUNDRAM
Past President of MIEA l Corporate Strategic Advisor of IQI Realty Sdn Bhd
PERSONAL MILESTONE – SOMA SUNDRAM KRISHNASWAMY
- Has an Illustrious Real Estate Career spanning 36years
- Spearheaded Salesmasters programme – Malaysia’s first project marketing team
- His highlight was having sold 1400 units and negotiated a block purchase of 3 blocks consisting 500 units at commonwealth games village
- Rose to the ranks of General Manager – Sales & Marketing before starting his own firm – Soma Sun Realty in 1997
- Exclusively marketed and Sold 1900 units of Ritze Perdana 1 & 2 in Damansara Perdana
- Have sold over 70 other new projects in his lifetime
- First CEO of MIEA from 1st August 2018 – 31st July
INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTION
- President of MIEA 2007-2009
- Introduced the MIEA National Real Estate Awards (NREA) IN 2008
- Purchased the MIEA headquarters building during his Presidency in MIEA
- Served the Board of Valuers, Appraisers, Estate Agents and Property Managers (BOVAEAP) – Estate Agency Practice committee and as the Test of Professional Competence [TPC] examiner
- Singlehandedly wrote the 2 days NCC syllabus course module for BOVAEP
- Has trained close to 200,000 Real Estate practitioners since 1987
- MIEA awarded the National Real Estate Leadership Award (lifetime achievement Award) in 2013
- BOVAEAP recognized him with the Estate Agent of the Year award in 2016
- A Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents
- Established the ASEAN Real Estate Network Alliance [ARENA] and became its first Secretary General till to-date
- Recognized Motivational & sales trainer in the region