Our Governance

The Alice Smith School Foundation is managed by the Alice Smith Schools Association. Our Foundation is headed by a reputable Board, operating to the highest standards of governance, ethics and accountability under the stewardship of the Council of Governors of the school.

The Board comprises of the following members:

YAM Tengku Zatashah Binti
Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah
Foundation Board Member

Y.A.M. Tengku Zatashah is a former Alice Smith student, attending the Jalan Bellamy Primary Campus from 1978 to 1983. She left to attend a boarding school in the UK at the age of 10. She is a Royal Patron to Make-A-Wish Malaysia, President Alliance Francaise de Kuala Lumpur and is a board of trustee to many social NGOs and foundations in Malaysia. Tengku Zatashah is founder and advocate for #zerofoodwastage and #sayno2plastic. Y.A.M. Tengku Zatashah accepted an invitation to join the Foundation Board in January 2019.

Marama Schnitker
Foundation Board Member and Chair of the Council of Governors

Marama was elected to the Council in 2012. She served as Vice-Chair from February 2015 and was elected Chair of the Council in June 2017. She was admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales Roll of Solicitors and worked as a corporate finance lawyer in Australia and South Africa. She has a law degree and an economics degree from the University of New South Wales, Australia. Her two children started at Alice Smith in 2005, the eldest graduated in 2018 and the youngest graduated in 2020.