Group Director, ERA

Alvin Lim

Group Director of ERA and founder of ERA Explorer Group. Career, promotions, groups built, achievements and press, with every figure dated and sourced.

By Nathan TangLast checked 6 November 2026

Who is Alvin Lim of ERA Explorer Group?

Alvin Lim is the founder and group director of ERA Explorer Group, which EdgeProp reported in November 2020 had 1,200 agents and 37 division directors. He has been with ERA since 1996, the report said.

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What is the role of Alvin Lim at ERA?

Key Takeaway

EdgeProp described Alvin Lim in November 2020 as group director and founder of ERA Explorer Group, one of the largest divisions in ERA Realty Network. No later source on his title was matched to him.

Alvin Lim became a property agent at ERA in 1996, after two years as an electrical engineer at a Japanese company, EdgeProp reported in November 2020; by then he had spent 24 years with the agency. He ranked among ERA's top 20 agents through his first ten years, the report said, and became a full branch manager in his ninth.

He founded ERA Explorer Group, which EdgeProp described in 2020 as one of ERA's largest divisions, with 37 division directors and 1,200 agents. Its directors were handling more than 60 of ERA's 170 projects at the time, with more than 400 project taggers, and some specialised in luxury homes and Good Class Bungalows, others in HDB flats and executive condominiums.

EdgeProp reported that he won ERA's Top Advisory Group Division Director award in 2018 and 2019, and that he was the only person at ERA to have received both its League of Excellence and League of Honour awards.

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How did Alvin Lim build his career at ERA?

Key Takeaway

Over 24 years at ERA by 2020: an agent from 1996, a full branch manager in his ninth year, and founder of ERA Explorer Group, EdgeProp reported in November 2020.

EdgeProp's November 2020 report traces his path. After two years as an electrical engineer with a Japanese company he became a property agent at ERA in 1996, ranked among ERA's top 20 agents through his first ten years, and became a full branch manager in his ninth year. He called himself a lifetime salesman, the report said, and by 2020 spent his time managing and mentoring his division.

The report credited him with ERA's Top Advisory Group Division Director award in 2018 and 2019. The report was about customer service in what it called the new normal.

  1. 1996

    Became a property agent at ERA[1]

    After two years as an electrical engineer.

  2. c. 2004

    Full branch manager[1]

    In his ninth year, EdgeProp reported.

  3. 2018–2019

    ERA's Top Advisory Group Division Director, two years running[1]

  4. Nov 2020

    ERA Explorer Group at 1,200 agents and 37 division directors[1]

    Handling more than 60 of ERA's 170 projects.

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What group did Alvin Lim found?

Key Takeaway

Alvin Lim founded ERA Explorer Group, which EdgeProp reported in November 2020 had 1,200 agents and 37 division directors, making it one of ERA's largest divisions.

EdgeProp reported in November 2020 that Explorer Group's directors were handling more than 60 of the 170 projects ERA was marketing, with more than 400 project taggers in the group. Some of its division directors specialised in luxury homes and Good Class Bungalows, others in HDB flats and executive condominiums. The report does not give the year the group was founded, and no later size was found in the sources checked.

ERA Explorer GroupFounder and group director

Specialists in luxury and Good Class Bungalows, and in HDB flats and executive condominiums.

Size, as stated at the time

  • 20201,200 agents and 37 division directors(EdgeProp)[1]
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What is Alvin Lim known for?

Key Takeaway

For building ERA Explorer Group to 1,200 agents by 2020 and for ERA's Top Advisory Group Division Director award in 2018 and 2019, EdgeProp reported.

EdgeProp reported in 2020 that he was the only person at ERA to have received both its League of Excellence and League of Honour awards, without giving the years.

Awards

  • 2019: Top Advisory Group Division Director (2018 and 2019), ERA[1]
  • League of Excellence and League of Honour, ERA[1]

    The only person at ERA to hold both, EdgeProp reported in 2020.

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Where has Alvin Lim been featured?

Key Takeaway

In EdgeProp, in November 2020, in a report on customer service in the new normal. Each item below is dated and linked.

EdgeProp's 2020 report is the one source found on Alvin Lim's career.

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Is Alvin Lim a registered property agent?

Key Takeaway

EdgeProp reported in 2020 that he was an ERA salesperson and group director, but PropKaki has not matched him to a CEA registration number: more than ten ERA agents are named Alvin Lim, and no source checked prints his number.

PropKaki links a leader to a CEA record only by registration number, never by name alone. Until a source gives Alvin Lim's number, this page carries no link to an agent profile. If you know it, tell us below.

Frequently Asked

Common Questions About Alvin Lim

What is ERA Explorer Group?

A division of ERA founded by Alvin Lim. EdgeProp reported in November 2020 that it had 1,200 agents and 37 division directors, one of ERA's largest.

How long has Alvin Lim been with ERA?

Since 1996: EdgeProp reported in November 2020 that he had spent 24 years with ERA.

What awards has Alvin Lim won?

ERA's Top Advisory Group Division Director award in 2018 and 2019, and both its League of Excellence and League of Honour awards, EdgeProp reported in 2020.