Our commitment is to be passionate, trustworthy, optimistic and thriving for success
Amax Real Estate, Amax Valuers and Amax Property Management are registered with the Board of Valuers, Appraisers & Estate Agents Malaysia. As such ARE Property captures its commitment not only to ethical professional and responsible conduct but to the essence of real estate success, an entrepreneurial value-embracing approach. Backed by solid foundation, we strive hand in hand with clients to achieve success.
Meet Our Team
Jeffrey Ong, Founder & Executive Director
Mr. Jeffrey Ong is responsible for managing the ARE Property Group of Companies after leaving reputable property consultants, Jones Lang Wooton, Knight Frank Malaysia and Allworth Real Estate. Jeffrey set up and solely in charge of Allworth Real Estate Kuala Lumpur branch from 2007 to 2014. With over 20 years of experience under his belt, Jeffrey is a specialist in various aspects of the industry, including property valuation, property management, project consultancy, project marketing, real estate agency, property development and many more. He has handled various types of real estate transactions, especially in project marketing, amounting to a total sales value of more than RM 2 billion.
Jeffrey is a graduate with First Class Honours Degree in Estate Management from University of Greenwich, United Kingdom. He is a registered valuer and real estate agent with the Board of Valuers, Appraisers & Estate Agents Malaysia, a member of the Malaysian Institute of Surveyors, a member of the Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents and also a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyor, UK.
Jolene Teo, Founder & Executive Director
Ms. Jolene Teo ventured into the property industry in the year 2000, and she has gained invaluable experience in various sectors of the industry, including valuation, research and consultancy assignments, agency works and project marketing. She has focused mainly on residential real estate transactions locally including multi-million homes as well as actively handling overseas properties marketing and sales especially Australian real estate. To date, Jolene has handled various types of property developments, amounting to over RM1 billion in values.
Jolene’s prior experiences before joining ARE Property Group include working in Allworth Real Estate, the Henry Butcher Group and Knight Frank Malaysia. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business in Property from RMIT University,Melbourne, Australia and she is also a registered valuer and real estate agent with the Board of Valuers, Appraisers & Estate Agents Malaysia.
Mica Chu, Manager – Project Marketing & Subsales
Ms. Mica ventured into the property industry in 2009. She has gained invaluable experience in various sectors of the industry, including project marketing, sub-sale agency, property valuation, consultancy and many more. She has handled various types of secondary sale transactions including industrial, commercial, residential and vacant land. To date, she has handled property project worth more than RM600mil in Gross Development Value.
MK Chen, Manager – Tenancy Management
Prior to joining ARE Property Group, Mr. MK Chen has joined Allworth Real Esate and was taken in by world renowned property consultancy, Knight Frank Malaysia, as a valuer trainee. While working just next to the Sales and Marketing department in Knight Frank, he naturally developed his interest in marketing and agency. He was given the privilege to be in the project marketing team for several high end projects such as Kiaraville by CapitaLand, Hampshire Residence by CapitaLand, Zehn Bukit Pantai by CapitaLand and etc. At the same time, he was taken in by the project management team to assist the project manager in overlooking of the construction of Menara CIMB that has an estimated cost of development of RM 450 million.
In year 2007, as he saw a clear path in agency, he decided to pursue to obtain his own agency license and joined Allworth Real Estate to focus in sales & marketing. Since then he has been active in marketing, handling the negotiation and sale of numerous multi-million residential, commercial and industrial properties in Klang Valley and some overseas properties. Till to date MK has succeeded in properties transaction worth not less than RM 200 million.