Our Team

Meet our team.

Active Property Investing (API) is an award winning service that makes investing easy and achievable. The team at API is a passionate group of property professionals with decades of experience, extensive skills and industry experience across property investment, research and organisational development.

Each member plays a role in helping you navigate the ever-changing property investment environment to create a less stressful journey with optimal outcomes. Despite our diverse range of skills and backgrounds we share a common goal to empowering every day Australians to succeed with property.

Emma Allen

Emma Allen, best selling author, Director and Principal Consultant of Active Property Investing, spearheads our team of talent. Emma combines her passion for property and enthusiasm for collaborating to streamline the process of helping average Australians to start and grow their investment property portfolio.

Emma has worked with some of the most reputable property investment companies in the industry, assisting clients from across Australia and overseas. But it’s her personal experience of how property can accelerate wealth creation and dramatically change people’s lives that motivates her to specialise in this field.

Emma established API to bridge the gap between thinking about investing, to actively driving wealth creation.

Chris Newell

Chris is a Sales Manager with API who has years of experience in Investment Properties. He comes from a Banking background, with almost 10 year experience in the industry. He started his career at a young age In Ireland and transferred his skills to Australia 9 years ago. His knowledge in Finance and Real estate is of a high level and he gets a lot of satisfaction out of using these to help our clients.

Chris has a great passion for helping everyday Australians achieve their Investment goals and walking them through their property journey. He takes great pride in his work and gets pleasure out of going over and above for his clients and building long term relationships with them. Chris’ aim is to help as many clients as possible, earn their trust and respect and give them peace of mind that they are in good hands.

Mush Hameed

Mush Hameed is a dedicated Property Consultant with a passion for guiding clients through the complexities of property investment.

His analytical skills and attention to detail enable him to identify lucrative opportunities and mitigate potential risks, providing clients with confidence and peace of mind throughout their investment journey.

Mush is known for his integrity, transparency, and unwavering dedication to client satisfaction. He believes in building long-term relationships based on trust and mutual respect, striving to empower clients with the knowledge and tools necessary to make informed investment decisions.

Jana Abesamis

Jana Abesamis is our Contract Administrator, who takes the pain out of the paperwork. As you’d expect, Jana is highly organised and adept at handling meticulous data and turning it into useful information.

Jana project manages the property acquisition process, covering all the essential elements. Drawing from her extensive experience working with mortgage brokers and property agencies, Jana believes that no investor should be intimidated or hindered by complex requirements.

Jana is passionate about property investing and believes that anyone can do it with the right help and guidance, something she loves to deliver to API clients.

Ros Ronning

Ros Ronning has spent more than 30 years as a specialist in the Organisational Development, Learning and Development and Human Resources arena. She works in partnership with API to provide a broad range of services, including executing strategy, executive coaching and training and development for our staff.

Ros utilises her expertise and experience in assisting API to plan and implement performance management practices including mapping purpose, vision and values, as well as formulating strategic plans to achieve business objectives in times of change.

Chantal Agcaoili

Chantal is a passionate and result-driven person who has an unwavering commitment to helping clients achieve their financial goals through strategic property investments. With a keen eye for lucrative opportunities, she plays a pivotal role in guiding, informing, and updating the clients.

Leila Yong

Leila is our Research Specialist. Her primary responsibility is to gather and compile extensive property, location, and market research to provide actionable insights to support sales for API clients.

Leila has over 12 years of experience in research and operations. One of her greatest strengths is her dedication to building strong, long-lasting relationships. She has consistently delivered high-quality work throughout her career, which has fostered growth and innovation for her team and clients alike.