
Datuk Lim Kok Seng
Group Managing Director
Datuk Lim founded Kirana in 1998 with a single valuation desk in Petaling Jaya. He built the group around one idea: that an owner should not have to appoint four firms to finish one transaction. Twenty-eight years later the group runs thirteen departments from five Klang Valley offices.
He remains a practising registered valuer and personally signs off every capital market mandate the firm accepts. He chairs the group investment committee and sits on the independence panel that separates valuation from agency on shared files.
Over a career spanning more than three decades, Datuk Lim has served the Malaysian real estate industry in the following capacities:

Past Council Member, Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA)
MIEA is the national professional body for estate agents and negotiators in Malaysia. He served two terms on Council and chaired the education committee.

Registered Valuer and Estate Agent, Board of Valuers, Appraisers, Estate Agents and Property Managers (BOVAEP)
BOVAEP is the statutory regulator of valuation, estate agency and property management practice in Malaysia. He has held registration continuously since 1990.

Member, Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM)
RISM is the professional institution for surveyors in Malaysia, covering valuation, building, quantity and land surveying disciplines.

Sponsor of the group ISO 9001 certification programme
He chaired the programme that took the group quality management system to certification in 2019, independently audited and recertified in 2023.
In recognition of his service to the industry he has received the following awards and accolades:

Lifetime Contribution to Klang Valley Real Estate (2025)
Awarded by the Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents for sustained contribution to estate agency practice and negotiator development in the Klang Valley.

Property Leadership Award (2023)
Awarded at the Malaysia Property Awards for leadership in integrated property services and building management standards.












